A Kiwi sailor brandished a gun at a fellow Naval rating after live firing training on a weapons range. The circumstances leading up to the incident are not yet publicly known but will be subject to a wider NZ Defence Force investigation. The sailor who brandished the weapon was sentenced to eight days detention at the Services Correctional Establishment, a military jail at Burnham Military Camp in Canterbury. “The New Zealand Defence Force takes range safety very seriously. Figures released under the Official Information Act show 475 Defence Force members faced charges at summary trial in 2018, while 429 faced charges in 2019.

Source: Stuff July 19, 2020 22:18 UTC