NZ Army set to take Nelson City in month-long exercise

Friday, 16 February 2018

Keep an eye out for military personnel next week when the NZ Army rolls into town.

The New Zealand Army will face more than parking battles when it descends on Nelson city for a month-long exercise next week.

The nationals armed forces will be conducting a training exercise throughout the Nelson area starting on Monday and going through until March 23. Areas involved with the exercise will include Nelson's CBD and surrounding suburbs.

The New Zealand Army aren't expecting to blend in with the Nelson city surrounds when an exercise in the CBD and surrounding suburbs gets under way.

The exercise will involve the movement of military vehicles and soldiers with weapons on main and rural roadways as well as local buildings during the day and night.

Troops and military vehicles may also be moving in other locations close to the exercise area at various times.

The exercise comes three months after the biennial Southern Katipo military exercise which involved 3000 people from 13 countries in scenario-based training around the top of the south.

As well as patrol-based tasks and battle scenarios, personnel will also take part in lectures and workshop aspects during the exercise programme.