Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People look across the strait from a lighthouse at the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, one of mainland China's closest points to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New Zealand navy ship HMNZS Aotearoa (centre) navigates in the South China Sea while conducting exercises as part of a ...

A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel has spilled hundreds of litres of oil into Akaroa Harbour on Saturday morning. About 200-300 ...

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) reported on December 8 that a NZ navy ship, the HMNZS Aotearoa, supported by a P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft, carried out “surveillance and deterrence” ...

The New Zealand armed forces published a rare photo of the incident on Tuesday. New Zealand Defence Force previously stated that seven Chinese warships kept a safe, professional distance from the ...

The New Zealand military said that during an operation to help enforce sanctions against North Korea, one of its ships was shadowed by China in East Asian waters. In a Monday news release, the New ...

A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel has spilled hundreds of litres of oil into Akaroa Harbour. The leak was caused by a defect on one of the ship’s oil coolers, the Defence Force has said. “We’re aware of ...

The New Zealand Navy will return to service in the third quarter of 2026 one of two offshore patrol vessels idle since 2021, the chief of the defence force said on Tuesday, at a cost running into ...

It consists of three services: the Royal New Zealand Navy, the New Zealand Army and the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as tri-service components. As of June 2024, the NZDF has a strength of ...

A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel has spilled hundreds of litres of oil into Akaroa Harbour. “We’re aware of an incident in Akaroa Harbour where the anchored Royal New Zealand Navy vessel, HMNZS Te Kaha ...

In February 2025, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy conducted live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea, followed by Chinese aircraft carrier deployments to the western Pacific in June. Japan’s New ...