the british arrived in new zealand in 1840.
the british arrived in new zealand in 1840.
when did the british arrived in new zealand?
1840
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initially, new zealand provided a 25-man team of rnze engineers from 1964-1965. in may 1965, new zealand replaced the engineers with a 4 gun artillery battery (140 men) which served until 1971. 750 men served with the battery during this time. in 1967 the first of two rifle companies of infantry, designated victor company, arrived shortly thereafter followed by whiskey company. over 1600 new zealand soldiers saw action in these companies, over 5 years and 9 tours. also in 1967 a military medical team consisting of rnzaf, rnzn, and rnzamc medical staff arrived and remained until 1971. (this team was additional but separate from the civilian medical team that had arrived in 1963 and which left in 1975.) in 1968 a nzsas troop arrived, serving 3 tours before their withdrawal. most new zealanders operated in military region 3 with 1 atf, in nui dat in phuoc thuy province, north east of saigon. rnzaf flew troops and supplies, helicopter missions (as part of raaf), or worked as forward air controllers in the usaf. other new zealanders from various branches of service were stationed at 1 alsg in vung tau and at new zealand v force headquarters in saigon. at the height of new zealand involvement in 1968, the force was 580 men. along with the united states and australia, new zealand contributed 2 combined-service training teams to train arvn and cambodian troops from 1971 until 1972. new zealand and australian combat forces were withdrawn in 1971. new zealand's total contribution numbered nearly 4,000 personnel from 1964 until 1972. 37 were killed and 187 were wounded. as of 2010, no memorial has been erected to remember these casualties. like the us and australia, the new zealand veterans were rejected by the people and the government after returning and did not receive a welcome home parade until 2008. the tribute also included a formal crown apology. despite high mortality rates among new zealand vietnam veterans attributed to agent orange, the new zealand government has been accused of ignoring the issue until only recently. the new zealand documentary "jungle rain: the nz story of agent orange and the vietnam war" (2006) discusses the agent orange issue in depth.
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