December 01

• Highlights from Newsletter 112
• 163 Battery pages updated

November 01

The AGM was held in Taupo on November 10, 2001. See the members' home page for new office holders.

• Armstrong RBL 6-pr from Wally Ruffell
• Freyberg, Puttick and Crete, by Col RH Dyson MBE ED
• Two new poems:
  • Drunken Gunners, by MK Joseph, Normandy WW2, and
  • Sons of Uncle Ho, by Stev Lenon, Vietnam.
• New book available - The Flak Jacket Collection, by Mike Subritzky. Limited edition of NZ war poetry, so don't delay in ordering your copy.
• More links added to the Links page.

October 01

• The Gun updated
• 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun from Wally Ruffell
• Ngaire's War, WW2 by Ngaire Subritzky
• The Association lapel badge
• Highlights from Newsletter 111
• Personal page for Roger Newth

September 01

• Shrapnel from Wally Ruffell
• With 6 Field Regiment at Sidi Rezegh, 1941 by Robin Wait
• 28th ANZUK Regiment Boat Race, Singapore, 1972
• Personal page for Jim Kirk
• Poem: The Lonely Hill, by Bob Harris

August 01

The Association notes with regret the death of Major General Geoff Carter, RAA, on Wednesday 1 August. Geoff was Chief Instructor at the School of Artillery 1975-76.

• Disappearing Guns, by Wally Ruffell
• The Mistral Air Defence Missile
• Giving Advice, in Borneo, 1965, by John Masters
• Personal page for Robin Wait
• Vietnam maps (topographic and pictographic) from Brian McFarlane
• 1885 Report to Parliament on Harbour Defence
• More links added to the links page

July 01

• The BL 6-in 26-cwt howitzer at Waiouru, by Wally Ruffell
• Night Ambush, in Borneo, 1965, by John Masters
• Rhodesian Ceasefire, 1980, by Mike Subritzky
• Images of 161 Battery at Enoggera in 1988
• Skoda 75-mm mountain gun at Tuamarina, from Tony Tustin
• Highlights from Newsletter 110

June 01

• The 3.7-in heavy anti-aircraft gun at Waiouru, by Wally Ruffell
• A Week on the Alamein Line,1942 by Struan MacGibbon
• Images of 161 Battery's first live shell practice with the light gun in 1987, from Kevin 'Brindle' Briden
• 16 Field Regiment pages updated
• New book on the insignia of NZ and Australian special forces
• Gun tiffy Doggo Downs is compiling an oral history of the RNZEME in Vietnam
• Lindsay Skinner reports on the unveiling of the artillery plaque at the National War Memorial
• More links added to the Links page

May 01

• The RBL 9-pr at Waiouru, by Wally Ruffell
• Peacekeeping in Palestine, 1974-76 by Kerry Lee
• Images of 4(G) Medium Battery firing 5.5-in guns in 1983, from Graham Dallas
• Korean War Roll of Honour (New Zealand)
• More good books to look for, including "The Happy Warrior: An anthology of Australian and New Zealand military poetry".
• Song - Kiss me goodnight, Sergeant Major
• Check the links page and be sure to visit the new gunners website, Gunners NZ.
• More notices on the Shrapnel page, including the location of the Confidence Course Trophy

April 01

• Reflections of ANZAC Day, by Murray Broomhall
• The QF 3.7-in howitzer at Waiouru, by Wally Ruffell
• The final CMT shoot, 1959 by 21 Bty, 2 Fd Regt
• Peacekeeping in Kashmir, 1970-71 by Kerry Lee
• New Zealand's war dead from the Vietnam War
• Book review: Struan's War. Gunner Struan MacGibbon was a superb photographer. His works from North Africa have been collected and published along with his own commentary.
• The Sparrow song
• Check the important notices on the Shrapnel page
• More links added to the Links page

March 01

• The QF 4.5-in howitzer at Waiouru, by Wally Ruffell
• Photos from 161 Battery in Fiji, 1976
• Highlights from Newsletter 109
• Song - Bungin' 'em in
• Book review - Mike Dakin comments on "We Band of Brothers" by Brian McFarlane
• More links added to the Links page
• 106 Fd Bty reunion notice on the Shrapnel page

February 01

• The QF 12-pr at Waiouru, by Wally Ruffell
• Battle of Rangiriri, November 1863, an example of artillery use in NZ and where 94 (New Zealand) Battery got its name.
• Operation Agila, background to the Rhodesian articles
• Check these important notices on the Shrapnel page
• More links added to the Links page

January 01

• Obituary for Frank Lupo
• Rhodesian peacekeeping from John Nagle
• Photos from the post-war occupation of Japan, from Matt Crawley
• Newsletter 108
• The Armstrong RBL 40-pr at Waiouru, by Wally Ruffell
• View the What's New listings from last year by clicking on the "2000" above

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