Defence Force
Army back-up requested at hospital to deal with 'extremely unsafe' staffing
Whangārei Hospital nurses asked bosses to bring in the army to help with extreme understaffing at the height of the flu season last year.
The Detail's Long Read: In Our Defence
In Our Defence by Pete McKenzie: The defence force is spending up billions, but not on personnel's languishing wages or housing. Now, its ranks are thinning. Audio
Navy reaches Napier port with supplies on board
The Navy vessel Te Mana has arrived in Napier with much-needed supplies on board.
RNZ reporter Sally Murphy visited the port and spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Defence Force has update on response
The Defence Force has more than 700 people providing aid and support to those in regions hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Navy vessels have been delivering food and other supplies to communities on the East… Audio
Navy ship with supplies diverts from Tolaga Bay
A navy ship with supplies destined for isolated communities in Tolaga Bay had to reroute. Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Defence Minister Andrew Little
Hundreds of Defence Force personnel are working with council and Civil Defence staff and volunteers to assist in the rescue effort. Navy ships have reached worst hit areas with water and other… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Helicopters still busy with rescues
Helicopters continue to rescue people from roofs and fly generators to farflung hills to reboot cellphone towers.
Last evening the government said 25 individuals or groups still needed rescuing
The… Audio
Minister concerned more deaths could come after two die in Hawke's Bay
Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty says he would not be surprised if the death toll in Hawke's Bay rises in the aftermath of ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle.
Defence Force working on getting supplies to cut-off Wairoa
Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty says the Defence Force is working to get food and water to Wairoa in Hawke's Bay. Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds of NZDF staff deployed
More than 200 Defence Force personnel have been deployed to help with the response to ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle.
Dubbed Operation Awhina, members of the Navy, Army and Air Force have been sent… Audio
NZDF rescues sailor from ocean in midst of Cyclone Gabrielle
A lone sailor found himself drifting out to sea near Whangarēi when the anchor cable snapped on his catamaran during Cyclone Gabrielle.
Police say good chance of arrests over record cocaine seizure
Police say they believe there is a good chance authorities will make arrests over a record cocaine seizure in the Pacific Ocean. Audio
The air force's new flying machines
The air force's decades-old Orions have been retired. The Detail finds out more about the planes that'll replace them. Audio
28 Māori Battalion flag raised with full honours for the first time
For the first time ever a flag bearing the battle honours of the 28 Māori Battalion has been publicly displayed.
Navy sailor found guilty of indecently assaulting two shipmates
After hours of deliberations, a military panel has found Able Steward Roselia Daniella Epati guilty of groping her shipmates on board HMNZS Canterbury.
Pacific rescue 'fitting' end to six decades of Orion operations
The replacement aircraft won't be rescue-ready until July, leaving a gap where the RNZAF will be leaning on other agencies and countries to help. Audio
Orion aircraft completes its final mission
An historic Royal New Zealand Airforce plane has finished the last lifesaving mission of it's fleet.
A P-3K2 Orion crew located two fishermen from Kiribati on Monday who had been missing for almost a… Audio
Groping-accused sailor claims one was accident, others never happened
She has pleaded not guilty, saying two of the incidents never happened and the other was an accident.
Navy sailor facing court-martial over alleged groping
Roselia Daniella Epati has pleaded not guilty to three charges of indecent assault.
RSA struggles for funding: 'It is always an up-hill battle'
As it faces reinventing itself to attract younger veterans, the Returned and Services Association president Sir Wayne Shelford says the organisation is also facing financial struggles.
