Lifejacket a factor in soldier's death
A soldier who died after falling into a Waiouru lake during a training exercise should have been able to release a 20kg gun easily, the former Chief of Army says.
A soldier who died after falling into a Waiouru lake during a training exercise should have been able to release a 20kg gun easily, the former Chief of Army says.
A 25-year-old soldier was injured after falling 5 metres into a dry riverbed near Dannevirke.
When a handful of surviving veterans of the legendary 28th Maori Battalion rose yesterday, they knew they had one more special mission.
Some family members of Corporal Douglas Hughes say they want an open inquest to satisfy their questions over the soldier's death.
The coroner who declined a full inquest into the suicide of a gay soldier is a Mormon church elder who attacked same-sex marriage in a submission to Parliament, saying it was an unnecessary "social experiment".
New Zealand's new Chief of Army has been appointed, it was announced today.
Army chiefs and the Defence Minister have hit back at claims that ill-prepared soldiers were sent into combat in Afghanistan.
A leaked report has strongly criticised the training given to an army contingent sent to Afghanistan which lost five of its members in combat.
Two wounded soldiers were put at risk by Defence bosses who decided to fly them back to New Zealand with their killed comrade.
A new fundraising trust has been set up to help families of New Zealand soldiers wounded or killed in Afghanistan.
An armed military man found dead at Linton Camp had recently separated from his partner and mother of his two children.
A 23-year-old man has died at Linton Army Base following a stand-off with police lasting more than five hours today.
The family of Private Michael Ross say they are relieved the soldier's body has been found, a week after he fell into a lake near Waiouru.
Hopes are fading that a soldier missing in a lake near Waiouru will be found alive, Inspector Steve Mastrovich says.
Former heads of the Defence Force have rejected claims made by Nicky Hager in his latest book that a NZ base in Afghanistan is home to a CIA unit, while new Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae described as "abhorrent", the suggestion that
A review of the operation in which an SAS soldier died on Friday night in Afghanistan will be held to see what can be learned, the Defence Force says.