Military

The New Zealand Defence forces spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on everything from dental chairs and hearing aids to sniper rifles and armoured vehicles. Earlier this week the New… Audio, Gallery

Mike Gourley explores the moral dilemma for Christian clerics serving in the Military in discussion with: Stephanie du Fresne, Advocate for Quaker Peace and Social Witness; Rev John Neal, former… Audio

A visiting disarmament campaigner Thomas Nash is calling on our Government to use its reputation in progressive foreign policy to push for a ban on the use of explosive weapons, nuclear weapons and… Audio

Mike Gourley discusses the material and spiritual role of Military Chaplains with John Neal, a former Principal Defence Chaplain, and Pauline Law, the first woman appointed into Defence Chaplaincy in… Audio, Gallery

China is using soft diplomacy to counter fears about its growing military presence in the Pacific region. Audio

Cross-agency Defence Force lead for the 2015 Gallipoli commemoration, and author of Elusive Peace: a Kiwi Peacekeeper in Angola, about his time as a United Nations Military Observer in 1998. Audio

Former Guantanamo staff sergeant Joseph Hickman has spent most of his life in the military - first as a marine, then as a soldier in the army and National Guard. His book Murder at Camp Delta reveals… Audio

American Sniper is breaking box office records in the United States and around the world. And it has divided the public and critics alike between those who see the biopic's central character Chris… Audio

We're off to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo held in August 2014 with Scottish Dance choreographer Shirley-Anne Thomson as she weaved Scottish Highland Dance with kapa haka. Audio

The Government remains coy on this country's role in the fight against ISIS, despite Defence Chief Tim Keating taking part in yesterday's so-called war summit in the United States. Audio

A meeting is under way in Washington DC of military leaders from 22 countries - including New Zealand - to thrash out a strategy to counter the advance of Islamic state militants. Anthony Cordesman is… Audio

'Brass banding is a great relaxation,' says Bill Rimmer, a Soprano Cornet player with The Band of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, 'We all come from different walks of life…and we're all… Audio

Director of Music for the Royal New Zealand Navy Band, which has just released its first album since 1982. Audio

Lisa Thompson pays a visit to one of the first Partnership schools to open in New Zealand, to find out why it believes it has a justified place in New Zealand's education system.

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In Ideas today we're taking a look at the privatization of war. Military contracting, or outsourcing, is a 100 billion dollar industry. Audio