The ship's commander Yvonne Gray. Picture: NZ Defence Force HMNZS Manawanui. Picture: NZ Defence Force It is the first instance in peacetime that a New Zealand Navy ship has been lost. A Court of ...

New Zealand has lost its first warship since the chaos of World War II after a celebrated LGBT commander was assigned ... in ...

It is the first time New Zealand’s navy has lost a ship in peacetime. An inquiry will be launched to find out why the hydrographic vessel under Commander Yvonne Gray catastrophically ran aground ...

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