Defence Force

New evidence has forced the Operation Burnham inquiry to suspend the hearing which is investigating claims of civilian deaths in a New Zealand-led raid in Afghanistan in 2010.

The former Defence Force chief has admitted providing inaccurate information to the Beehive about allegations of civilian deaths during an SAS-led raid in Afghanistan.

Timor-Leste Government has marked the 20th anniversary of the Independence Referendum on 30 August and Navy Captain Shaun Fogarty was there.

The Defence Force's old Hercules fleet was grounded three times overseas this year because of faults.

Almost a million dollars set aside to help Vietnam war veterans is sitting idle.

A former officer who was raped and sexually harassed while working in the New Zealand navy says she hasn't felt instant relief after receiving an apology from the Attorney General.

NATO's secretary general might be visiting, but the government has still refused a request to stay in Iraq.

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has arrived in Auckland to meet his counterpart, Ron Mark.

The Defence Force says a list of insurgents used during the conflict in Afghanistan was not a kill list.

Hit and Run author Nicky Hager says the defence force failed to investigate a raid in Afghanistan, despite an Initial Assessment Team of it finding there should be an investigation.

Volunteers who have done most of the clean-up work on the Fox River to date say they wouldn't still be there, let alone racing against the clock, if the government had acted sooner.

Today is one of the biggest days yet for the Westland clean-up job dubbed Operation Fox.

The latest wave of army support has been sent to remove garbage from the West Coast.

The Defence Force spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the weeks after the Christchurch mosque attacks.