New Zealand Defence Force
Topics
- Chinese warships in Tasman SeaQuiet since 28 Feb 2025
- Soldier espionage court martialQuiet since 5 Sep 2025
- Israel-Iran conflict and New Zealand responseQuiet since 6 Jul 2025
- Luxon's use of Defence Force flightsQuiet since 3 Sep
- HMNZS Manawanui sinking and fuel removalQuiet since 30 Nov 2024
- Soldier missing in Manawatū RiverQuiet since 21 Nov 2024
- RNZAF C-130H Hercules retirementQuiet since 19 Feb 2025
- New Zealand defence spending debateQuiet since 21 Mar 2025
- South Island severe weather, June–July 2025Quiet since 4 Jul 2025
- Dunedin sportsman infant injury trialQuiet since 8 Sep 2025
- Gaza ceasefire and peace dealQuiet since 29 Oct 2025
All stories
October 2026
- Severe winds and heavy rain forecast as firefighters battle bushfires
- Waiouru military area fire burns 230 hectares
- Chief of Defence Force resigns over inappropriate relationship
+2 - Three people found missing at sea near Kiribati
- Police name seven-year-old boy who drowned at Tangimoana Beach+1
- One person dies after being swept out to sea at Tangimoana Beach
- US C-17 Globemaster jets plan more flights over New Zealand for military training
- Soldier who tried to spy on Defence Force can now be named
- Improvised explosive device destroyed after being found in stolen vehicle
September 2026
- New Zealand renews deployment of Defence Force personnel to support Ukraine
- Christopher Luxon defends use of second plane for Pacific mission
+2
August 2026
- Defence Force responds to hazardous substance found at schools
- Six people rescued after being found missing at sea in Fiji
- Christopher Luxon defends use of Defence Force flight for travel
July 2026
- Luxon defends use of Defence Force helicopters for Auckland-Hamilton trips
- Government seeks long-range strike drones with focus on local manufacturing
- NZ Navy warship rescues six people off Hawaii
December 2025
- Three men rescued after spending night stranded in Hutt River gorge
- Seven Chinese warships shadowed New Zealand navy vessel in East Asia
November 2025
- HMNZS Aotearoa transited through the Taiwan Strait earlier this month
- Former soldier blames trauma from training Ukrainian recruits for taxi assault
- Air Force to replace Boeing 757s with new Airbus fleet
- Army corporal faces court martial over alleged assault of former partner
October 2025
- NZDF officer deployed to Israel to monitor Gaza peace efforts
- Descendants sought for two WWI soldiers identified in Belgium
September 2025
- Bomb squad attends Te Arai property after unknown substance found
- Police vehicle nearly collides with car at Manurewa roundabout
- Defence Force appeals sentence for soldier guilty of attempted espionage
- Medical expert says abnormal bone likely caused infant's fractures
August 2025
- HMNZS Te Kaha returns home after seven-month deployment
- Former soldier convicted of attempted espionage
- NZ Defence Force has not ruled out buying Israeli drones
- US Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy lands at Whenuapai airbase
- Government confirms $2.7 billion investment in new defence aircraft
- Defence Force called to Northland after gelignite discovery
- Soldier sentenced to two years detention for attempted espionage+3
- Soldier pleads guilty to attempted espionage and other charges+3
- First soldier charged with espionage faces court martial
- NZDF crew recount dangerous Antarctic rescue mission
- Royal New Zealand Air Force completes medical evacuation from Antarctica+3
July 2025
- RSA modernises approach to support younger veterans
- Defence Force to cut 255 civilian roles
- Three people rescued from life raft in the Pacific Ocean
- Defence Minister Judith Collins hospitalised after suffering vertigo+2
- WWII squadron reactivated as New Zealand's first dedicated space unit
- Army and emergency services deployed to Nelson-Marlborough amid heavy rain warnings
June 2025
- Auditor-General finds NZDF staff accepted over $418,000 in gifts
- Navy divers neutralise five World War II mines near Auckland
- Defence Force Hercules arrives in Middle East for contingency operations+1
- New Zealanders in Israel not using government evacuation options
- Nine Texan aircraft to perform formation flyover in Manawatū
- NZ Defence Force deploying aircraft to Middle East for evacuations+2
- Waiouru Defence Force housing project fails to break ground
- NZ soldiers deploy for Talisman Sabre military exercise
May 2025
March 2025
- Christopher Luxon defends defence job cuts during India visit
- NZDF proposing to cut 374 civilian roles
- Samoa to decide future of sunken HMNZS Manawanui wreck
- NZ-led task force seizes drugs worth $375 million in Middle East
- Body of New Zealand soldier killed in Ukraine returns home+2
- Salvage crews finish removing fuel from sunken HMNZS Manawanui
- Singaporean military vehicles spotted on Wellington waterfront
- New Zealand Defence Force participated in US-led military exercises
February 2025
- New Zealand ceases monitoring of Chinese warships near Australia
- Suspicious package found at Woodbourne Air Force base ruled false alarm
- Police cordon established near Woodbourne RNZAF base
- Government uncertain of purpose for Chinese warships in Tasman Sea
- Chinese warships enter Australia's economic zone during live fire drills+2
- Chinese warships conduct live firing exercises in the Tasman Sea+1
- Judith Collins signals increased defence investment following Chinese naval activity
- Chinese warships conduct live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea+2
- New Zealand monitors three Chinese navy ships sailing east of Sydney
- Retired RNZAF C-130H Hercules lands at Wigram museum
- Defence Force takes Selwyn District Council to Environment Court
- Soldiers face court martial for alleged assaults on lower ranking soldier
- Man charged after NZDF called to Hamilton police station
- Hercules transport planes perform final flypasts before retirement
January 2025
- Court denies Mariya Taylor exemplary damages from the RNZAF
- Divers begin removing fuel from sunken Navy ship Manawanui+1