Defence Force

Auckland youth development worker and advocate Aaron Hendry says targeted interventions, which have proved successful, can be achieved without boot camps. Audio

New Zealand defence deployments to support Ukraine have been extended until the middle of next year, and the government will spend $3.7 million more in aid funding.

A former New Zealand soldier is fighting on the frontlines in Ukraine alongside a group of international volunteers.

A New Zealand Defence Force watchdog would allow public to raise concerns of potential wrongdoing and improve accountability.

The Defence Force has carried out 16 investigations into extremism among current and prospective personnel in the past two years - but can't say how many found proof.

A grenade that sparked an emergency situation at Auckland Airport has been declared inert.

Theft of knowledge and know-how from universities and research institutes by foreign nationals is a growing concern, security experts warn.

The New Zealand Defence Force says two Reserve Army soldiers may be in Ukraine, or were there previously.

Twenty two 500lb World War II-era bombs have been found underwater at Nanumea in Tuvalu, by a naval team from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.

The New Zealand Defence Force is pushing back against a decision to prosecute after a soldier died jumping from a helicopter in a training exercise.

A spokesperson for a foreign military unit in Ukraine says the army will do everything it can to repatriate the body of New Zealander Dominic Abelen. Audio

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed its embassy in Poland's capital Warsaw is working with officials in Ukraine to try to repatriate Dominic Abelen's body.