The deals are key to expanding bilateral and multilateral military activities as the partners seek to boost joint training ...

The oiler, the HMNZS Aotearoa, sailed from the South China Sea to the North Asian region via the Taiwan Strait on Friday last ...

A New Zealand airman who saved two critically injured American service members has been formally honored for his actions nearly three years later.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his New Zealand counterpart, Judith Collins, on Friday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in the security field amid China's increasingly hegemonic ...

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

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (right) and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meet during the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025. Strategic and military-industrial ...

New Zealand is stepping up to deter Chinese adventurism. The New Zealand government has announced that it will nearly double its defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), some 9 ...

Waikato Bay of Plenty 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 ...

Stepping Up at Sea – Sub Lieutenant Ngawaka’s Pacific Mission. Sub-Lieutenant Ngawaka’s recent Pacific mission has ...

KRI Golok , a trimaran missile craft operated by the Indonesian Navy, was designed by the New Zealand naval architect LOMOcean Marine. (Gordon Arthur) The New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ...

The oiler the HMNZS Aotearoa sailed ‍from the South China Sea to ​the North Asian region via the Taiwan Strait on November 5, ...