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New Support Facility at Papakura
10 March 2009
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on the 13th of February to mark the opening of Auckland Regional Support Centre’s (ARSC) purpose built facility in Papakura Military Camp.
As part of the ceremony Pte MS Maihi was also presented with the New Zealand General Service Medal (Timor-Leste) and the New Zealand Operational Service Medal. Prior to the Commander 2 LFG, Colonel Tim Keating, and Private Maihi cutting the ribbon, Chaplain Mike Subritzky said a prayer, blessing both the building and staff.
The new facility was purpose built to enable the consolidation of staff to occur, and to facilitate closer second line support to 1 NZSAS Group. The building includes a Headquarters, CIS element, workshop complete with dust/particulate free room facilities and 12T vehicle hoist, warehouse, transport, armskote that features both a repair and main unit armoury functions, and Auckland Welfare Fund facilities. The facility also provides a modern briefing/conference room to enable more professionally presented training and seminars to occur.
This page was last reviewed on 16 March 2009 and is current.