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> one of the few countries in the world with NO Navy or Air Force New Zealand has a navy [1]! Back when I lived in Wellington they ran recruiting commercials n
by electricslpnsld 8y ago
> one of the few countries in the world with NO Navy or Air Force
New Zealand has a navy [1]! Back when I lived in Wellington they ran recruiting commercials non-stop.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy
- peatmoss 8y agoAt the movie theater before films. And those commercials—even as an avowed peacenik—always made us chuckle as both my wife and I remembered the over-the-top US military recruitment ads. By comparison the NZ navy’s ads felt downright quaint. We lived in Devonport for some time, and so were pretty accustomed to seeing at least one or two naval ships whenever we took the ferry into downtown Auckland, which was all the time because jobs, friends, and stuff to do were all in town.
- femto 8y agoOn the flip-side, Australia ran invade NZ commercials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUYbI64QHI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUYbI64QHI albeit tongue in cheek! (Potentially where the no army/navy/air force myth came from?)