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Inquiry into soldiers' deaths reveals unseen footage

The NZ Defence Force today released never before seen footage from the helmet of a NZ soldier involved in a gunfight in Afghanistan.

It was released at the Court of Inquiry into the deaths of five soldiers in August 2012 in two separate incidents.

The inquiry found two soldiers were killed in an ambush while three more soldiers were later killed in an incident involving friendly fire.