Three investigations are underway into how a helicopter pilot and war hero died fighting a fire, as Army chief Major General Peter Kelly pays tribute.

The All Blacks will wear poppies when they play Italy on Sunday.

There was no wrongdoing in the death of a soldier injured in a rugby league match, a coroner has found.

Angelina Jolie has called for a "new way" of peacekeeping focused on justice and inclusion of women during a surprise visit to a UN

Whanganui 21-year-old Patrick Richardson has celebrated his formal commissioning as a Royal Navy Officer on parade at Britannia Royal

New Zealand Defence Force conduct bomb training at the Kaipara Range north of Auckland testing Mark 82 depth bombs dropped from a P-3K2 Orion. New Zealand Herald photographer Doug Sherring kept his head down and shot the pictures

A woman trapped with her baby watched as armed police negotiated with a man before cutting a hole in the roof of her neighbour's house to reach him.

NZ's military will be able to go after illegal fishing vessels and launch its own cyber attacks as a result of a $20b increase in funding - Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee.

British troops have been testing material so advanced it hides soldiers from infra-red and heat-seeking devices.

A review into the culture of the Air Force has found it has serious issues that allowed "harmful sexual behaviours" and a culture of sexism.

COMMENT: To increase military budgets as a justification to stir the pot in this region which needs to be demilitarised is questionable.

Julia gives the all clear and we drop over the side, following the white mooring line down to the comms tower on top of the bridge.

Prime Minister rules out sending the SAS to join New Zealand's contribution to the fight against Isis.

The military is considering using unmanned drones to patrol waters surrounding New Zealand.

A makeover of the New Zealand Defence Force should reinstate airstrike capability and include armed drones, says New Zealand First deputy leader Ron Mark.

Australian army Colonel Gavin Keating faced a curious quandary as he prepared to depart for Iraq - what about the rugby?

It will raise NZ's target profile amongst Islamists and could invite attack at home. But it is a necessary, justifiable and ultimately right thing to do, writes Paul Buchanan.

Labour leader Andrew Little says Labour would support sending Special Air Service troops to fight Isis if the right conditions were met.

More than a breach of the Anzac Treaty, the exiling of New Zealand-Australians to Christmas Island is an astonishing breach of the Anzac spirit, writes Hugh Templeton.

Not before time, the United States Navy has been invited to send a ship to New Zealand which, if accepted in the spirit in which it is given, could end a 30-year suspension of visits to our ports.....

A woman died during what police described as a "serious armed incident" in Napier last tonight.

The identity of the Counties Manukau police officer charged with assaulting three people he arrested can be revealed.

New Zealand's deployment of troops to train the Iraq Army continues to have strong public support, says the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.

The clandestine programme represents a significant escalation of the CIA's involvement in the war in Syria, enlisting the agency's powerful Counterterrorism Centre.

Naval ships Te Kaha and Endeavour were welcomed back to Devonport today.

Iraqi soldiers have graduated from the New Zealand and Australian Defence Force training at Taji Military Camp to join the fight against Isis.