She will carry out a range of roles, including patrolling, surveillance, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, support to peacekeeping operations and sea training for the Navy. WELLINGTON will conduct maritime patrols, in conjunction with the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, in the New Zealand EEZ, Southern Ocean and South Pacific. The surveillance tasks are primarily non-military in support of civilian agencies and involve specialist staff from government agencies such as NZ Customs, Ministry of Fisheries. WELLINGTON is the second Offshore Patrol Vessel to be built for New Zealand. Modules of the ship were built separately, including some in Whangarei, to be assembled at the Tenix shipyard, Williamstown, Australia. The ship is based on a design already in service with the Irish Navy and Maritius Coastguard. WELLINGTON will be affiliated with the Wellington region of New Zealand; her home port will be Wellington.