New Zealand frigate to visit Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: A Royal New Zealand Navy frigate HMNZS TE MANA will make a port of call in Colombo on June 16.

The Commanding Officer, Commander Wilson Trumpor, and the 175 men and women onboard TE MANA are part way through a six-month deployment to Asia.

A key aspect of the ship's deployment is to demonstrate New Zealand's commitment to peace and security in the region and to show the Navy's role in supporting this.

So far, TE MANA has visited Australia, Thailand, Brunai, Singapore, Malaysia and India.