Truck driver who smashed into overbridge says overheight load warning signs were not in place.

Forty-one sexual assault and harassment complaints were lodged in the New Zealand Defence Force - including one for sexual violation/rape in 2016.

Michael Flynn's resignation almost certainly will not be the last scene in the spectacular opening act of President Donald Trump's administration.

People, including Defence Force firefighters, and equipment is being deployed to help contain the wildfires.

Nine out of 15 peace activists are walking free from the Wellington District Court, after the charges against them were dropped.

Protesters have gathered outside the Wellington District Court where 15 peace protesters are on trial.

The New Zealand Defence Force has dropped emergency supplies to six men on board a Tongan fishing boat after its engine failed.

Hard to imagine a "harder or faster" fall from grace than that of Rolf Harris, says defence counsel. .

A team of New Zealand Defence Force personnel have a big job ahead of them: helping off-load 3000 tonnes of cargo in the coldest, windiest, driest and most remote continent on Earth.

Patricia Wearn has Alzheimer's and hasn't been seen since Monday.

Our next military transport could be built by Kawasaki. And the aircraft which patrol our maritime borders could come off the same factory line.

On half the occasions NZ Customs asked the Navy for help, it was told it couldn't because aircraft and ships were being maintained, repaired or replaced.

The Israel Defence Force sergeant was found guilty of shooting a 21-year-old Palestinian

Four men in four years have stepped off civvy street into the elite NZ Special Air Service after completing its gruelling selection course.

Details of the construction of the top secret spy base at Tangimoana were filed with Archives New Zealand with no security rating.

Our intelligence agencies are so secretive that most of the stories we find out about are by accident.

China has flown a nuclear-capable bomber over disputed islands in what some see as a message to the US after Trump's controversial phone call.

The trial for an actor charged with numerous sex crimes has been aborted after just two days for reasons which cannot be published.

Kim Dotcom saw a suspicious camera in an apartment opposite his home - and it turns out to be owned by NZ Customs and operated by the NZ Defence Force.

An army truck was carrying live ammunition when it collided with a carload of Mongrel Mob Notorious members.

The best of NZ Herald Business: Brazilian plane maker Embraer has developed a twin jet airlifter that is in the running to replace the RNZAF's aging Hercules.

COMMENT: Three major shakes in South Island in the last six years, have highlighted how the enemy we are most likely to have to front is the one within.

A Kiwi sailor is on trial after a break-in at the home of a US naval officer in Pearl Harbour.

Military personnel have completed their buzziest mission yet after last week's monster earthquake, rescuing 30,000 bees.

Grannies poured tea as part of a peaceful protest at Auckland's Queens Wharf today.

Prime Minister John Key writes exclusively for the Herald on Sunday after the Kaikoura earthquake.

97 year old's Maynie Thompson and Kit Nelson march against war and the arms race

Statistics New Zealand has hit out at claims its quake-damaged headquarters could be demolished.

The US Admiral who ordered the USS Sampson to divert to the earthquake disaster zone has a long history with New Zealand.

Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has defended the Wellington City Council's decision to declare the CBD safe so quickly after Monday's quake.