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Defence Force slammed over illegal allowances

The Auditor-General Lyn Provost has questioned the values within the New Zealand Defence Force which allowed a belief to develop that any officer could be ordered to commit an unlawful act.

Bamiyan will be ready for 2014 handover - McCully

Murray McCully says Afghanistan's Bamiyan Province, where NZ troops have been since 2003, will be ready to stand on its own before Hamid Karzai's 2014 deadline.

Fromelles diggers laid to rest

Ninety-four years to the day after they were killed and buried anonymously in one of the first world war's bloodiest battles, 250 Australian and British soldiers have finally been laid to rest with the recognition they deserve.

Kabul meeting to lay ground for 2014 deadline

The strategy sits for now on a table in a locked-down Afghan capital: Hand over security in all 34 provinces to the government by the end of 2014.

Massey wins Brunei defence contract

Police fired at man 'a number of times'

A formal police investigation is underway to determine if a man gunned down by police last night fired the first shot.

West to set down 2014 exit strategy

Seeking out the enemy in night-time forays

Myanmar's paranoid ruler plots a safe exit