The Defence Force head told MPs military recruitment must be raised significantly higher, just as it was before the two world ...

A Far North man who has been the cornerstone of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s combat system simulation capability for more ...

Waikato Bay of Plenty Navy officer Kristen Kotuhi (Ngāti Raukawa) has won the 2025 New Zealand Defence Force Sailor of the ...

The Defence Force is brainstorming with local and overseas companies on how to improve intelligence, surveillance and ...

The NZ Defence Force wants to put in ground terminals next year for its main military satellite system. It has put out a ...

A Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) sailor who has shown exceptional leadership, and strengthened morale, cohesion and trust, has ...

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has boosted its enforcement of United Nations sanctions on North Korea through a ...

A last-minute personnel change saw Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Sub Lieutenant Manukura Ngawaka step into a commander’s ...

Waikato Navy officer Kristen Kotuhi (Ngāti Raukawa) has won the 2025 New Zealand Defence Force Sailor of the Year Award. Royal New Zealand Navy Marine Technician acting petty officer Kotuhi was ...

New Zealand’s largest trade union, the Public Service Association (PSA), is fervently supporting moves to roughly double the military budget in preparation for war. Under the guise of seeking to ...

By Lucy Craymer, Greg Torode and Yimou Lee WELLINGTON/HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) -The New Zealand navy's largest ship, the oiler HMNZS Aotearoa, made a rare transit through the sensitive Taiwan Strait ...