War

The chaos unfolding in Afghanistan presents a sombre chance for reflection on New Zealand's involvement there in the past 20 years.

Two former Ministers of Defence have told RNZ Afghanistan is very… Video, Audio

The government has agreed to help New Zealanders and their families evacuate from Afghanistan, as well as at-risk Afghan nationals who had worked with NZ personnel.

The government has agreed to help… Video, Audio

The government has promised to send a Hercules aircraft and around 40 troops into Afghanistan to evacuate those in desperate need, including 53 New Zealanders.

Cabinet ministers have also agreed to… Audio

Afghanistan's government has collapsed and Taliban fighters are on the brink of taking over the city.

President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country, There are reports of shooting in several parts of… Audio

There's chaos in the afghan capital Kabul. The Government has collapsed and Taliban fighters are on the brink of taking over the city.

The Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country.

… Audio

Insurgent Taliban forces have taken control of the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul.

New Zealand journalist Jon Stephenson, who was in Afghanistan when US forces invaded 20 years ago and has closely… Audio

Former US President George W Bush has spoken out about his fears over US troops withdawing from Afganistan - warning of "unbelievably bad" consequences.

His administration launched the US military… Audio

Humanitarian organisations are welcoming a unilateral ceasefire in the Ethiopian region of Tigray but say hundreds of thousands of people remain in dire need.

It follows nearly eight months of… Audio

As China becomes more assertive, human rights abuses are exposed and evidence grows of our politicians being played, where should New Zealand draw the line? Audio

Over the last eight months, conflict in Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, has killed thousands of people, displaced two million and pushed 350,000 to the brink of famine. Robert Patman is a Professor of… Audio

For various reasons, there are a number of countries around the world that do not officially exist. But that didn't stop Brazilian author Guilherme Canever trying to visit them all. He's written about… Audio

Wing commander Dion Peat is currently serving at the United Nations Command HQ - 60km south of Seoul, in the Republic of Korea. The main goal at the UN quarters is to maintain the Korean Armistice… Audio

Waikato University's International Law professor Dr Alexander Gillespie is the author of a series of books on The Laws of War and The Causes of War, and the prospect of war is something we want to… Audio

Book reading has been on a high during the pandemic, with sales of historical fiction in particular soaring. Novelist Kate Mosse's new book, The City of Tears, has been gaining rave reviews. Kate… Audio

Christchurch based audio historian and researcher Sarah Johnston (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Rakaipaaka) recently won a Judith Binney Writing Award to study the National Broadcasting Service's Mobile… Audio

In his new book, The Socrates Express, Eric Weiner goes in search of life lessons from dead philosophers. He joins the show to discuss the book -- which highlights philosophers and the specific… Audio

Season 4 of The Crown is facing criticism for distorting the truth. Royal correspondent Richard Fitzwilliams says it's disappointing that the major characters are being cast as cold, uncaring and… Audio