Details around the tense search for a soldier who police feared was armed with knives and petrol bombs have been suppressed through an injunction granted to the New Zealand Defence Force. The New ...

Airport called in the Defence Force but didn’t evacuate staff or the public when a military practice bomb was found in a passenger’s bag during ...

WELLINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The New Zealand Defence Force is looking to cut 374 civilian positions as it attempts to reduce costs and remain within its budget, it said in a statement on Thursday.

New Zealand’s National Party-led government released a multi-billion dollar Defence Capability Plan last week, which will nearly double the country’s military spending from just over 1 percent to 2 ...

FILE - In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6.

New Zealand is not exactly known as a major military power. For decades the country has relied on its geographical isolation and the reassuring presence of the Australian Defence Force on its western ...

Graham Garnett, 66, Kahurangi National Park at the end of last year.

New Zealand said on Monday it would boost defense spending by NZ$9 billion ($5 billion) over the next four years, and aim to nearly double spending to 2% as a share of GDP in the next eight years, at ...

New Zealand's Defence Minister Judith Collins attends a briefing with senior New Zealand Defence Force officers during a ceremony marking the establishment of a space unit at RNZAF Base Auckland. (New ...

New Zealand is seeking to expand Asia-Pacific military deployments in its quest to show it was now "pulling our weight" with increased spending on its armed forces, the South Pacific nation's defence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some curious penguins turned up as “unexpected guests” while the Royal New Zealand Air Force was carrying out training in ...

New Zealand has two Anzac-class frigates and they will need incremental modernisation till their replacement in the early 2030s. (Gordon Arthur) New Zealand has released its delayed Defence Capability ...