The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is providing a boarding capability to support Royal Navy fishery patrols in Fiji. It was announced on 19 March by the New Zealand Defence Force that the River-class Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Tamar arrived in New Zealand last month to train with HMNZS Matataua’s Deployable Boarding Team in the Hauraki Gulf, in preparation for fisheries patrols in Fiji. Tamar and sister ship HMS Spey maintain a roving RN presence in the Indo-Pacific.
