Defence Force

The Defence Ministry says its project to upgrade the country's two frigates is within Cabinet's approved budget of $594m.

The New Zealand Defence Force is facing a battle of a different kind - trying to attract and keep people in the services of the Army, Air Force and the Navy. Audio

The second of the country's two naval frigates is due to leave Canada, eight years after an upgrade project began.

The Dawn Service has been held at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli in Turkey. It is the first service to be held in three years due to the pandemic.

World War II aircraft flew over towns and cities as part of Anzac commemorations, while the governor-general paid tribute to the last remaining member of the 28th Māori Battalion.

The Returned and Services Association says the public is welcome to attend the Anzac Day dawn service at Auckland Museum on Monday.

A Cantabrian World War II hero well-known overseas is being recognised at home this Anzac Weekend.

Many formal parades and services will take place this year thanks to the orange traffic setting for Omicron.

The government will be represented at Anzac commemorations in Turkey this year - the first time since before the pandemic.

Opinion - The ABC's Mark Willacy tells how Four Corners investigated alleged torture and mistreatment by Australian soldiers in East Timor, and the NZ connection.

More than 600 Māori Battalion soldiers never received their medals, but now there are hopes their whānau can be tracked down for ceremonies to be held later this year.

The RSA is seeking assurances military personnel being sent to Europe to assist the allied effort for Ukraine, will get the appropriate support in the future.

A former Australian governor-general says he is "dismayed" at the revelation that NZ secretly investigated torture allegations against soldiers under his command in East Timor in 1999.