A revised plan for the country to cope in an emergency has been approved by the Government.

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has just paid a secret trip to visit

The American Defence Secretary, Ashton Carter, could not have been blunter in his assessment of the Iraqi Army.

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.

The Defence Force says New Zealand soldiers have settled into their base in Taji, Iraq, and have started training local troops to fight the so-called Islamic State.

New Zealand's intelligence agencies will get a funding boost as concerns rise about the Islamic State (Isis), cyber-attacks and other

Hillary Clinton has fallen silent on the TPP, an interesting departure from her statements as the nation's top diplomat.

Europe's most expensive defence program, the A400M has one advantage keeping it going: it's too big to fail.

Air forces across Europe grounded the military aircraft after one crashed near Seville, Spain, killing four people.

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.

A Northland teacher convicted of sexually abusing two girls and physically abusing six children placed in his care by Child Youth and Family has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed.

If a New Zealand commander had told his troops at Gallipoli, ‘I am not ordering you to fight, I am ordering you to die’, it’s unlikely that he’d be remembered by towering statues or commemorative coins.

BJ Clark wanders the carefully-manicured rows of Gallipoli gravestones with the Youth Ambassadors.

They lost but they’re still champs, says Defence Force chief.

Having military deaths only investigated in-house raises suspicions that this is a convenient way of closing down investigation and criticism - Labour.

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has dismissed reports that New Zealand troops have already left for Iraq on their joint training mission with Australia.

An advance party of about 85 Australian and New Zealand troops left Australia yesterday in a joint training mission now called Task Force Taji.

Prime Minister John Key was unable to name the head of the Islamist terrorist group Isis - but nor could the Australian Defence Minister.

Two new Boeing C-17 aircraft will set back the New Zealand Defence Force at least $600 million, the Government has been advised.

Kiwi troops are leaving for Iraq today to begin a two-year deployment working alongside Australian forces.

Over the past decade, Sgt. Shane Ortega has served three combat tours: Two in Iraq, one in Afghanistan. Two as a Marine and one in the Army. Two as a woman and one as a man.

Prince Harry has flown a Spitfire as he caught up with an injured serviceman and veterans hoping to pilot the aircraft in a Battle of Britain flypast.