The US says a military training ban with NZ, put in place over our anti-nuclear stance is absurd and should be reviewed.

Aid has begun arriving in Samoa in what will be an ongoing effort as the scale of devastation from the quake and tsunami becomes clear.

A team of Army medics is flying to Samoa to join a civilian medical team that left NZ late last night as the death toll from the tsunami rises.

Crack SAS troops are back on the ground in Kandahar, and New Zealand’s regular forces are preparing to return to Bamyan. David Fisher discovers the increasing threats they face in the world’s most dangerous nation

Aussie octogenarian skydives to honour young New Zealand pilot who saved his life in World War II.