Recent Activities
On 28 March TAUPO sailed for a four week multi-agency deployment. In the Bay of Plenty we met a strong Sou’ Easterly but soon found our sea legs, knowing that this was going to be the first of many rough days and nights at sea. In fact during...
During April TAUPO undertook a successful maritime patrol in the sea areas off SW Cape, Stewart Island, Fouveaux Strait and Fiordland.
HMNZS TAUPO, the Navy's fourth and last Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV), sailed home to the Devonport Naval Base on Wednesday, 3 June 2009. The Associate Minister of Defence The Honourable Heather Roy and representatives from BAE Systems and the...