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A spy called Genevieve
An agent who evaded the Nazis to send coded messages to Britain is to be honoured by France. Andrew Stone writes about a modest war hero who lives quietly in Auckland.
An agent who evaded the Nazis to send coded messages to Britain is to be honoured by France. Andrew Stone writes about a modest war hero who lives quietly in Auckland.
A chilling but illuminating legacy of the former East German state is the archives of its Ministry for State Security, the dreaded Stasi.
The Russians are coming, but the Australian Government isn't about to panic. Four Russian warships are exercising in the Coral Sea before this weekend's G20.
John Key was playing to a vital international audience when he said that New Zealand has an opportunity to make sure the United Nations Security Council lifts its game.
The Prime Minister says New Zealand could expand its counter-piracy mission around Somalia or undertake missions delaying or disrupting enemy forces in the Gulf to free up other countries to focus more on Isis.
Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says any deployment of soldiers to train the Iraqi Army will not be the same as Afghanistan.
If there's one thing that irks Rebecca Kitteridge, it is being referred to as the new head of the SIS spy agency.
As many as six senior members of the North Korean regime have apparently been purged in the latest bout of blood-letting in Pyongyang.
Foreign Minister Murray McCully is quite prepared to test friendships including with China and the US during New Zealand's two-year term on the Security Council, starting in 2015.
New Zealand's options for assisting the US led coalition against Islamic State range from simply continuing our humanitarian support to the "pointy end of things" - a deployment of our....
PM John Key appears to have been misinformed by the Defence Force about the nature of a Washington meeting of the United States-led coalition to defeat Islamic State.
When faced with an "angry" man wielding a shotgun outside a hospital emergency department, West Auckland Constables Nick Frederick and Mike Nolan didn't hesitate to put their own lives on....
Displaying your defeated enemy's heads on poles is a time-honoured New Zealand military practice.
The SIS, the country's domestic spying agency, looks set to gain greater powers in a quickfire overhaul of terrorism laws despite the PM's assertion there's a "low risk" to NZ.
The Prime Minister wants New Zealand to do what it can to help Western powers deal with the so-called Islamic State that has taken over a swathe of Iraq and Syria.
The argument that if we don't join the American crusade to wipe out Muslim fanatics in Iraq and Syria, they'll swoop down to Godzone and behead us all is a rerun of the old Vietnam War domino theory....
Police officers killed in the line of duty were remembered today, but one officer who died from injuries he suffered during an arrest never made it to the Roll of Honour.
Constable Murray Stretch was relaxing at home on the couch watching rugby league in front of the fire when he got the call that led to his death.
A former air force sergeant and several former volunteer firefighters are among 78 new police constables about to hit the beat.
Kiwi soldiers were confronted with a "chaotic scene" when they rushed to rescue survivors of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea, the Defence Force says.
The Four Nations Maritime Rugby Cup kicked off when the Royal New Zealand Navy took on the United States Marine Corps at the Devonport Naval Base yesterday.
A former high-ranking Auckland police officer investigated for allegedly harassing a prostitute before quitting the force has started his own private investigation company.
A re-elected National Government would keep all current military bases open and operational, Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman says.
The HMNZS Canterbury returns to Auckland after 3 months overseas service in the Pacific.