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Faulty switch left John Key stranded
It was a faulty switch that left an air force plane grounded in Australia and Prime Minister John Key and 80 delegates stranded en route to India.
It was a faulty switch that left an air force plane grounded in Australia and Prime Minister John Key and 80 delegates stranded en route to India.
EDITORIAL: The public have a right to ask what is going on at Whenuapai if a mission such as this one cannot be executed successfully.
Prime Minister John Key will land in New Delhi overnight to finally start his India trip after plane problems meant he had to cancel one of only three days in the country.
The breakdown of Prime Minister John Key's military plane in Australia is the latest in a series of incidents.
John Key, who has been forced to cancel the first day of his trip to India, describes the situation as "sub optimal".
A Dutch tramper who had been stranded on Mt Taranaki for two days by heavy snow has been plucked to safety.
Richie McCaw made his name as an openside flanker, but the All Black legend is now a wing commander.
Parents of an Air Force sergeant killed in a fatal Anzac Day helicopter crash say they have been let down by the coroner.
A Kiwi team is battling sweltering and dusty conditions in the Middle East.
So pigs can't fly - but four clever pooches showed they could, no sweat.
Four plumes of smoke at South Head in Kaipara Harbour signalled the Royal New Zealand Air Force's six-monthly live bomb drop.
An air force veteran who lost his military medals to thieves may never again see his precious honours.
A trainee Air Force crew joined a search for a missing boat in the Pacific earlier this week, but failed to find it.
He cheated death with two World War II plane crashes, interrogation by German intelligence officers, a bayonet wound, and near-starvation as a prisoner of war.
Three Air Force staff were put under scrutiny after investigations into their connection to a company carrying out work that potentially saved the military's reputation.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force has successfully rescued two Kiribati fishermen who were reported missing last week, just days after a first successful mission in the same region.
The air force will hold a three-day air show next year to celebrate its 80th birthday.
Europe's most expensive defence program, the A400M has one advantage keeping it going: it's too big to fail.
Air forces across Europe grounded the military aircraft after one crashed near Seville, Spain, killing four people.
After nearly 50 years of service, the famous, versatile aircrafts - which have served in war zones and carried out search and rescues - will be phased out.
An international flight that diverted to an airbase after trying to land at Auckland in bad weather was the only plane to be re-routed, stranding 260 passengers.
A plane with more than 260 passengers on board made two attempted landings at Auckland Airport before being forced to divert to a military airbase and wait.
Victoria police said the medals were located yesterday by Australia Post, and it appeared they had not been stolen.
Police on both sides of the Tasman are hunting a thief who pinched 12 medals awarded to a Kiwi Anzac who served at Gallipoli.
A New Zealand soldier's Gallipoli war medals have been stolen from a package sent to Dunedin from Australia.
Pakistan has test-fired a ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead to every part of India. Yesterday's test was another escalation in Islamabad's effort to keep pace with its neighbouring rival's formidable military advancements.
Museums are plotting an 11th-hour bid to keep a Kiwi war hero's precious medals in New Zealand.
Fighting began in the key central Iraqi city of Tikrit, birthplace of the former dictator Saddam Hussein, as government forces and Shia militia launched a major assault to displace Isis jihadists.