Warships from Australia, Canada and the United States have arrived in Kaikoura to help with disaster relief efforts.

Royal Navy warships will be left without anti-ship missiles and be forced to rely on naval guns because of cost-cutting.

Brits evacuated from the quake zone grateful to the people of Kaikoura.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce is tipped to announce a support package today for businesses and the 800 workers in the town.

Replacing the Anzac frigates is likely to be the most challenging capability choice facing future Governments, says Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee.

Controversial naval vessels have arrived for the New Zealand Navy's 75th celebration

Delegates to a New Zealand Defence Industry Association conference were prevented from getting into the venue by protester's.

New aerial photos show there is much work to be done after Monday's 7.8 quake.

COMMENT: The navies of the United States, Australia and Canada are joining New Zealand's earthquake relief effort.

Ships in Auckland for the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary are taking part in training exercises.

The evacuation, via sea, of tourists stranded in Kaikoura is still a day away.

HMNZS Canterbury is sailing to Kaikoura loaded with aid supplies and will bring back tourists and residents.

A search is underway for six kayakers after kayaks and other gear was found abandoned on the flooded Clarence River just before 5pm. A

A French memorial will be added to the War Memorial Park in Wellington after a winning design was chosen from 43 entries.

A week from today a US Navy ship will enter Auckland's Waitemata Harbour for the first time in 33 years.

As Donald Trump's presidential victory sinks in, Government and experts are starting to count the potential cost to New Zealand's climate change commitments, its defence ties, and even its core values.

The Air Force has sent a plane to Kiribati in search for three fishermen.

Whether you're a superpower or a lone wolf, there have never been more deadly weapons available at any time in the world than right now.

The name of a Kiwi soldier executed for mutiny during World War I will finally be added to a war memorial dedicated to mutineers

It was a faulty switch that left an air force plane grounded in Australia and Prime Minister John Key and 80 delegates stranded en route to India.

A Kiwi firefighter will help train Syria's 'White Helmet' civil defence workers who help in the aftermath of missile strikes and attacks.

The breakdown of Prime Minister John Key's military plane in Australia is the latest in a series of incidents.

Any decision to rejoin Anzus is up to New Zealand says Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Gerry Brownlee says the Iraqis are taking the lead and that is how is should stay.

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee got a stern rebuke from China when he made the mildest of observations about Beijing's expansionist maritime policy.

A peacekeeping deployment to Sinai has been renewed until 2018 despite earlier concerns about terrorist attacks.

China has effectively told New Zealand to butt out of the dispute in the South China Sea .

Prime Minister John Key has told an RSA national council meeting that the Government has listened to criticism over its policy not to repatriate the bodies of some soldiers killed overseas.

COMMENT: Paul Thomas is from a remarkable family of eight boys and three girls. All eight boys served in the New Zealand army. Five saw active duty.