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'Culture of sexism' in Air Force
A review into the culture of the Air Force has found it has serious issues that allowed "harmful sexual behaviours" and a culture of sexism.
Alexander Gillespie: Defence spend hangs on our Pacific role
COMMENT: To increase military budgets as a justification to stir the pot in this region which needs to be demilitarised is questionable.
Now at rest but still in service
Julia gives the all clear and we drop over the side, following the white mooring line down to the comms tower on top of the bridge.
John Key: No SAS to Iraq
Prime Minister rules out sending the SAS to join New Zealand's contribution to the fight against Isis.
Drones an option to replace Orions
The military is considering using unmanned drones to patrol waters surrounding New Zealand.
Drones could take the place of boots
A makeover of the New Zealand Defence Force should reinstate airstrike capability and include armed drones, says New Zealand First deputy leader Ron Mark.
Anzac spirit and banter to fore on duty
Australian army Colonel Gavin Keating faced a curious quandary as he prepared to depart for Iraq - what about the rugby?
Iraqi troops find their inner warrior
New Zealand soldiers training Iraqi troops have turned to a rudimentary fighting weapon - the bayonet.
Turnbull visits Anzac troop camp
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on European countries to "step up" with stronger help to defeat the Islamic State during a brief, unannounced visit to Australian troops in Iraq.
Paul G. Buchanan: Why Kiwi SAS troops must join fight against Isis
It will raise NZ's target profile amongst Islamists and could invite attack at home. But it is a necessary, justifiable and ultimately right thing to do, writes Paul Buchanan.
Little now backs SAS in Isis war
Labour leader Andrew Little says Labour would support sending Special Air Service troops to fight Isis if the right conditions were met.
Hugh Templeton: Leaders must work together to restore Anzac bonds
More than a breach of the Anzac Treaty, the exiling of New Zealand-Australians to Christmas Island is an astonishing breach of the Anzac spirit, writes Hugh Templeton.
Editorial: US ship at festivities will close chapter
Not before time, the United States Navy has been invited to send a ship to New Zealand which, if accepted in the spirit in which it is given, could end a 30-year suspension of visits to our ports.....
Woman dead after Napier incident
A woman died during what police described as a "serious armed incident" in Napier last tonight.
Ex-officer facing assault charges named
The identity of the Counties Manukau police officer charged with assaulting three people he arrested can be revealed.
Public support strong for troop deployment
New Zealand's deployment of troops to train the Iraq Army continues to have strong public support, says the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.
US secret kill squad
The clandestine programme represents a significant escalation of the CIA's involvement in the war in Syria, enlisting the agency's powerful Counterterrorism Centre.
Cheering crowd welcomes naval ships home
Naval ships Te Kaha and Endeavour were welcomed back to Devonport today.
Kiwi-trained Iraqi troops pass muster
Iraqi soldiers have graduated from the New Zealand and Australian Defence Force training at Taji Military Camp to join the fight against Isis.
Top FBI agent's fall to addiction
The doctor who prescribed pain medication to ease his chronic and painful inflammation of the intestines had disappeared.
US still in search of Iraq plan
President Barack Obama has admitted that American forces still "don't have a complete strategy" for training Iraqi troops to stand their ground against Isis (Islamic State) fighters.
Paul Thomas: Caught in crossfire of Isis battle that's not ours
The news that Islamic State (Isis) fighters have advanced to within 100km of Camp Taji where New Zealand's 143 military advisers are based wasn't the only bulletin from the war zone.
Editorial: Iraq - where there's no will, there's no way
The American Defence Secretary, Ashton Carter, could not have been blunter in his assessment of the Iraqi Army.
MP says Iraqi troops cowards
NZ First MP Ron Mark has labelled the Iraqi Army "cowards" and questioned why New Zealand forces were being put at risk trying to train an army that did not want to fight.
Front line approaches Kiwis
NZ's contingent of military training specialists have barely arrived and the folly of this military (mis)adventure is already becoming apparent, writes Armstrong.
A400m money-pit in crisis after crash
Europe's most expensive defence program, the A400M has one advantage keeping it going: it's too big to fail.
Airbus A400M grounded after fatal crash
Air forces across Europe grounded the military aircraft after one crashed near Seville, Spain, killing four people.
Car bomb 'reminder' for soldiers
The Defence Force chief has downplayed a car bomb attack which killed three people near the NZ base on the first day of its deployment in Iraq.
Priceless relic found in drawer
In 1915, a New Zealand flag sat in a drawer in an Auckland home for many years until, by chance, it became well known.