Defence Force

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.

New Zealand troops are participating in military war games off the coast of Australia.

The Defence Force is sending more staff and vehicles to the West Coast to help remove thousands of tonnes of rubbish from the Fox River. Audio

The Australian Defence Force is closely tracking a high-tech Chinese spy ship as it approaches Australia ahead of this month's Talisman Sabre war games on the Queensland coast.

The Defence Force is aiming to attract a more diverse range of people as current numbers suggest a large proportion still identify as New Zealand European.

It's out with the old and in with the new for some of the military's vehicle fleet.