The Navy's principal survey vessel, HMNZS Resolution, visited to Tauranga on July 24-25.
The visit was part of a programme allowing Volunteer Reserve Units in the area to utilise a ship for scenario and real time training.

Onboard Resolution is Naval Volunteer Reserve man Able Maritime Trade Operations, Kevin Waiari, from Tauranga.
On Friday, July 24, the ship was to host 50 students plus parents and teachers from the St Thomas More Catholic School for a ship tour from 9 am-11 am.

Particulars of HMNZS RESOLUTION – Pennant Number A14
Standard Displacement: 2,262 tonnes
Length Overall: 68 metres
Beam: 13 metres
Draught: 5.2m
Speed: 12 knots
Range: 21,500 nautical miles
Complement: 44 (nine officers, 34 ratings)
Accommodation for 48 onboard

Commanding Officer – Lieutenant Commander Shane Arndell (Mount Maunganui)
Executive Officer – Lieutenant Layamon Bakewell (Palmerston North)

Accurate charts are essential for safe navigation both on the open sea and on inshore waters. As the Royal New Zealand Navy's (RNZN) principal survey ship, Resolution is used primarily to survey and chart the waters in and around New Zealand and the Pacific. Her secondary role is to conduct Multi Agency Tasking in support of the Whole of Government Approach to the protection of New Zealand's Sovereign interests, both at home and abroad.
Resolution is named after the sailing vessel HMS Resolution, used by Captain James Cook, RN, during his second and third voyages to New Zealand between 1772 and 1779, thus recognising the extensive hydrographic survey work Cook and his team completed.
Resolution was formerly the US Navy Ship Tenacious, where she was utilised as a towed array sonar vessel deployed for three months at a time streaming a two-mile underwater listening device. She was commissioned into the RNZN on 13 February 1997.
The ship's home port is Gisborne. HMNZS Resolution also provides a scholarship for under-privileged high school students to participate in a 10 day passage on the Spirit of New Zealand.