HMNZS Pukaki (P3568) was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki was launched in Whangarei Harbour on 6 May 2008.
HMNZS Rotoiti (P3569) was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
They were decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 17 October 2019. Regulatory changes in 2012 resulted in operating restrictions around speed and sea states being imposed on them. Subsequently the RNZN assessed them as no longer being suited to the heavy seas typically encountered off New Zealand and further afield
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