Thailand's new army junta ordered dozens of outspoken activists, academics and journalists to surrender themselves to military authorities.

A man has died at Burnham army base near Christchurch.

A British helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan, killing all five people on board, the UK Ministry of Defence announced.

Rare pictures of Kim Jong-un as a boy have been shown during a televised concert for the air force in North Korea.

Two top military officers will be among volunteers collecting donations from the public for today's Poppy Day appeal.

A North Korean official has been executed with a flame-thrower, South Korean media has reported.

Air Commodore Mike Yardley will be the new Chief of Air Force, when Air Vice-Marshal Peter Stockwell leaves the Defence Force next month after a distinguished 41-year career.

A eulogy in support of a shamed detective was enough to make a senior police officer unfit for the job of commissioner, according to 31 per cent of Herald-DigiPoll respondents.

With two grandfathers gassed in the trenches of the Great War, and a father who battled Nazis at El Alamein, Rick Ottaway never consciously made a career choice.

Australia is set to outlay billions of dollars on new long-range drones, maritime patrol aircraft and stealth fighters despite plans to slash federal spending.

My paranoia levels have increased dramatically since I read a confidential Defence Force security manual, carelessly left on my city bus seat.

Six Afghan interpreters who worked alongside Victoria Cross holder Willie Apiata and other New Zealand SAS soldiers will be resettled in New Zealand.

A Kiwi soldier wounded by friendly fire in Afghanistan has paid tribute to a US Air Force search and rescue crew after they received one of the US military's highest honours.

High-tech spy drones and sophisticated seabed mines are being developed in New Zealand and sold to global military superpowers.

Lieutenant General Tim Keating was sworn in as Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force at a ceremony in Wellington today.

The United States Army is considering replacing thousands of soldiers with robots as it adjusts to sweeping troop cuts.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are reportedly set to arrest three burglars who had been operating in the resort when she went missing.

'Nothing was located.' A jet-skier's reported sighting of a World War Two sea mine sparked a fruitless search in Lyttelton Harbour.

The family of dead soldier Rory Malone claim the Defence Force have treated them like 'second-class' citizens and the insensitive handling of his funeral arrangements caused them unnecessary stress.

Two defence staff killed themselves and seven others attempted to do so in the past year.

Two brothers seriously injured in botched Defence Force exercises believe New Zealand's service personnel are being hung out to dry by the country's law makers.

A military expert believes Madeleine McCann's abductor might have been caught on camera by a spy plane on a training exercise for Nato.

Without a doubt commanding the Anzac class frigate HMNZS Te Kaha. Being appointed to lead such a great team and represent New Zealand was an amazing privilege.