Naming ceremony held for REA boat

摘要

The Royal New Zealand Navy's first Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) boat was officially named Takapu in ceremony at Opua on 27 March. The ceremony marked a major milestone in the project, which entails local company Northland Spars and Rigging deliver- ing two new REA boats to increase the Royal New Zealand Navy's amphibious, diving, surveying and rapid response capabilities.