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Army jumps gun on restructuring
Army bosses have been told to go ahead with a restructuring which will boost the role of territorials, even though the law required to make the change has not been passed. The instruction has brought a warning from Labour.
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Kiwi troop's Xmas messages
New Zealand soldiers overseas this Christmas have been sending their love to their families and friends back home in New Zealand.
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Jet tagger causes 'considerable shame'
A professional who drew a swastika and a penis on a visiting Australian military aircraft was identified through the DNA found in the spit he left on it.
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Army blasted for practice on live pigs
The creator of Homeland has condemned Britain's Ministry of Defence for shooting pigs with high-powered rifles so army medics can train for surgery.
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Air Force didn't want hotel costs
Three airmen killed in an Anzac Day helicopter crash were on a one-hour flight because it was considered too expensive to accommodate them in a hotel.
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Warlord's death 'mix of shock, sadness'
The killing of a senior Taleban warlord, blamed for the deaths of four New Zealand soldiers, has been met with shock and sadness by one grieving mother.
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Airstrike kills Taliban boss - Key
A senior Taliban leader thought to be behind a roadside bombing in which three New Zealand soldiers died has reportedly been killed by coalition forces.
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Shemi Tzur: Hamas rockets a terrifying fact of life
The latest round of Middle East trouble began with an anti-tank missile, says Israel's ambassador to NZ.
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VC recipient kept bravery from his wife
When Australia's latest Victoria Cross recipient Corporal Daniel Keighran first told his wife Katherine why he was receiving it, she wasn't impressed.
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Air crews await GPS beacons
A key safety change which would help the air force find its staff after crashes has yet to happen even though it was recommended after a fatal accident.
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Boffins work on invisibility cloak
A "cloaking device" that makes things invisible, the effect of a depleting ozone layer on the prevailing wind and just how birds tell the time before migrating.
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RNZAF won't be charged
The RNZAF will not be prosecuted by the CAA after it put the lives of hundreds of people at risk by illegally shipping chemical oxygen generators on a passenger flight.