New Zealand Defense Minister Gerry Brownlee left for Fiji Tuesday to see New Zealand forces helping the Pacific island nation recover from the devastation of last month's cyclone.
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said Thursday it was ready to ramp up its forces on the ground to Fiji to help the island nation rebuild after Tropical Cyclone Winston.
New Zealand Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman on Friday hailed the first berthing in three decades of a New Zealand navy vessel for a major military exercise at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor as a sign of warming bilateral ties.
The New Zealand Defense Force ( NZDF) on Tuesday outlined its deployment for the multinational Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise hosted by the United States around the Hawaiian islands from next month.
The Last Post the iconic bugle call still heard in parts of the former British Empire to commemorate the military dead might soon be telling navy divers around the world that they've just failed an exercise in seabed mine training.
The New Zealand government on Tuesday appointed a new military chief to succeed Lieutenant General Rhys Jones, whose term was marked by political wrangling over funding and safety issues.