NZ’s spy watchdog Cheryl Gwyn is to investigate Labour MP Phil Goff’s acknowledgement he disclosed findings from her SIS report before its release.

The Opposition says the PM John Key is "in denial" over a report which backs allegations his staff used information from the SIS for a smear campaign.

For all of his professional life, Robert O'Neill lived in the shadows.

As many as six senior members of the North Korean regime have apparently been purged in the latest bout of blood-letting in Pyongyang.

When faced with an "angry" man wielding a shotgun outside a hospital emergency department, West Auckland Constables Nick Frederick and Mike Nolan didn't hesitate to put their own lives on....

The Prime Minister wants New Zealand to do what it can to help Western powers deal with the so-called Islamic State that has taken over a swathe of Iraq and Syria.

The argument that if we don't join the American crusade to wipe out Muslim fanatics in Iraq and Syria, they'll swoop down to Godzone and behead us all is a rerun of the old Vietnam War domino theory....

Police officers killed in the line of duty were remembered today, but one officer who died from injuries he suffered during an arrest never made it to the Roll of Honour.

Constable Murray Stretch was relaxing at home on the couch watching rugby league in front of the fire when he got the call that led to his death.

A former air force sergeant and several former volunteer firefighters are among 78 new police constables about to hit the beat.

The Four Nations Maritime Rugby Cup kicked off when the Royal New Zealand Navy took on the United States Marine Corps at the Devonport Naval Base yesterday.

Scottish soldiers based in England will not be able to take part in the historic referendum on independence.

A re-elected National Government would keep all current military bases open and operational, Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman says.

First he was decorated for valour after carrying a critically wounded comrade to safety through enemy fire in Afghanistan.

Prince Harry has recalled the "horrendous" images he saw during two tours of Afghanistan.

A young soldier killed in a firefight with Hamas gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip was born in New Zealand.

When an armour-piercing bullet hit Private Dion Taka, he rolled underneath his Humvee and wondered if he would die.

The future of New Zealand peacekeeping is under increasing scrutiny as it bids for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

A Kiwi sniper fighting in Afghanistan was killed by friendly fire after a US fighter pilot failed to enter attack co-ordinates into his onboard computer, an inquest has heard.

Former corporal Willie Apiata, holder of the Victoria Cross, admits he still finds it hard to think of himself as a hero and is quick to bump off the title to someone else he thinks is worthy of it - his mother.

It will go down in the annals of China's Communist Party as The Glorious Fourth of June when the army turned on the unarmed citizens of Peking.

Two army recruits who braved a drunk and aggressive crowd to help a man king-hit at an Auckland bar have been recognised for their "selfless act of bravery".