Australia agreed to provide twenty-two patrol boats to twelve of its neighbours and fellow members of the Pacific Forum, after the recently concluded United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea extended maritime nations' exclusive economic zone to 200 kilometres (110 nmi).

[2] The weather was bad and visibility poor when she arrived at the search site over twelve hours later, and her commander, Viliame Nauputo, requested the assistance of a French Navy aircraft, from Noumea.

[3] In June 2017 Kula rescued four New Zealand businessmen when their yacht was wrecked in Fijian waters.

[5][6] A decommissioning ceremony was held on December 22, 2019, prior to Kula's final voyage to Australia, for disassembly.

[7] Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto, the commanding officer of the Fiji Military Forces, spoke at the ceremony.