The defence minister says the presence of Chinese warships carrying out live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea is "unusual", but nothing Kiwis need to be worried about.

Activity by Chinese military ships in the Tasman sea is a "gift from Beijing" to a government trying to persuade the public of the need to spend more on defence, says a defence expert. The New Zealand ...

China says complaints from New Zealand and Australia over recent Chinese live-fire naval exercises in the Tasman Sea are "hyped up" and "inconsistent with the facts". Defence Minister Judith Collins ...

So, the weekend has been spent watching the Chinese Navy use the Tasman Sea as a firing range.   They’ve never done this so ...

A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in ...

A Chinese naval cruiser fired live rounds Saturday during a task force drill in the sea between Australia and New Zealand, government officials said, prompting an alert to commercial air ...

China’s live-fire naval exercises in the Tasman Sea triggered heightened concern but relatively muted criticism from the ...

Australia is mightily unimpressed with a Chinese navy live fire exercise off the Australian coast. Despite being in ...

Commercial airliners flying over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand were forced to reroute their flights on ...

What China seems to be saying with its war games near Australia is: If you’re challenging our air space over the South China ...

China had given notice that its warships could potentially fire live weapons during an exercise in the Tasman Sea, Australian ...