WorldOfficials dish dirt on nuclear numptiesMade a mistake at work? It can't be worse than this. Twice this year, US officers entrusted with launch keys to nuclear missiles have been caught leaving open a blast door.22 Oct 08:48 PM
WorldBritain & Iran make steps to re-opening embassiesBritain and Iran are to take a first step towards re-opening their respective embassies, Foreign Secretary William Hague says, adding that Tehran's new leadership is presenting itself "in a much more positive way than in the recent past."08 Oct 10:00 PM
New ZealandEx-servicemen want recognition for MururoaNavy ex-servicemen suffering ill health from the fallout of French nuclear testing at Mururoa are calling for a special remembrance day.22 Jul 05:05 AM
New ZealandMururoa - our darker legacyNew Zealand missions to observe French nuclear tests were a global PR victory ... but the men who went see another side. Wayne Thompson reports.18 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandNavy vet fears for grandkids' healthWayne O'Donnell was a stoker in the engine room of HMNZS Canterbury in August 1973 when it witnessed a nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll.18 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandVet thinks they got it wrongFred Towler was keen to go. He was 23 and his ship had government orders to steam 4300km from Auckland to patrol off Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia.18 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandBomb tests help work on cold caseData from nuclear bomb testing helped New Zealand scientists pinpoint the age of a skeleton found in Australia, leading to a decades-old cold case being reopened.28 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandLange offered to quit over AnzusOnly two years after being elected, Prime Minister David Lange told Margaret Thatcher over lunch that he would be willing to resign if it would help to get a solution to the Anzus crisis.26 Apr 05:30 PM
WorldPacific monitored for radioactivity from N Korea testESR scientists are monitoring the Pacific for airborne radioactivity resulting from yesterday's underground nuclear test in North Korea.14 Feb 04:06 AM
WorldArchives reveal depth of opposition to nuclear testsNuclear weapons and the United States alliance were causing Australia more than its share of grief in 1985, Cabinet documents by the National Archives of Australia reveal.01 Jan 09:25 PM
OpinionGwynne DyerGwynne Dyer: Sanctions on Iran crippling, but will not topple regime14 Oct 08:30 PM
New ZealandKey meets Obama at nuclear summit John Key finally got to chat with US President Barack Obama - the pair swapped....26 Mar 08:22 PM
New ZealandJohn Key makes North Korean nuclear pleaPrime Minister John Key has used the memory of the Korean War in which 45 New Zealanders died to...25 Mar 07:43 PM
OpinionJared Genser: Two legacies as different as good and evilFears over North Korea's nuclear bomb hide a deeper truth, writes Jared Genser.25 Dec 04:30 PM
