"Both my wife and I hope the New Zealand government is more supportive of this young man's family then they were of us." ...

Kearns is the fourth New Zealander known to have died in Ukraine. Dominic Abelen, 28, was killed on 23 August 2022; Andrew ...

Newshub understands the soldier is Dominic Abelen, who was based at Burnham Military Camp in Christchurch with the Royal NZ Infantry Regiment's 2/1 Battalion. The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF ...

“Matagal na kami magkaibigan, hindi man ‘yung parang magkasama palagi, pero nagkakabatian kami, nagkakamustahan kami, Instagram, something like that,” Dominic clarified to Philstar.com and ...

Video / NZ Herald, Getty Dominic Abelen was laid to rest near Christchurch today – two and a half years after he was killed in action, fighting Russian soldiers in the Ukraine war. The 28-year ...

Two-and-a-half years after he was killed on the frontline of the Ukraine war, Kiwi soldier Dominic Bryce Abelen will be laid to rest near Christchurch on Friday. Abelen’s family released a ...

New Zealand soldier Dominic Abelen (inset) who died in combat in Ukraine in August 2022 is finally coming home. Photos / Supplied Two-and-a-half years after he was killed on the frontline of the ...

A haka was performed by Ukrainian soldiers to honour Dominic Abelen, a New Zealand soldier of Māori descent killed in 2022, whose body was recently returned to Ukraine, where he was awarded two ...

PHOTO - People walk past the memorial to fallen soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

Ukrainian soldiers from the Defence Intelligence International Legion performed a haka to honour fallen comrade Dominic Abelen, a New Zealander of Māori descent. Known by his nom de guerre "Tolkien," ...