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Where defence force and police personnel are deployed, 2012

  • New Zealand Defence Force

  • New Zealand Police

  • Mulitinational Force and Observers (MFO)

In the early 2000s New Zealand peacekeepers were deployed to countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific. Peacekeepers included personnel from the armed forces and from the police. New Zealand forces have been involved in the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) group in Sinai since 1981.

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David Capie, Peacekeeping – New Zealand’s involvement in peacekeeping, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/36073/where-defence-force-and-police-personnel-are-deployed-2012 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Capie, published 16 April 2012, updated 1 June 2015.