26 Oct 2018

Defence Force troops look forward to Iraq deployment

From Morning Report, 6:11 am on 26 October 2018

The latest, and possibly the last, group of New Zealand soldiers leave today for Iraq. The head of the Defence Force, Major-General Tim Gall, told RNZ reporter Jonathan Mitchell the mission is something the 90 soldiers leaving today are looking forward to. The government will decide early next year whether to continue the deployment, which began three years ago with the aim of training Iraqi forces.