The Royal New Zealand Navy held an open day at the Devonport Naval Base in Auckland today.

A NZ Navy vessel with Conservation Minister Nick Smith aboard was forced to seek refuge after encountering hurricane-force winds and 14m swells in the Southern Ocean.

Christmas photo calls are a little different when you are a member of the Royal NZ Navy's operational diving team.

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.

Lieutenant Commander Mike Peebles made naval history yesterday, becoming the first officer to be shaved in preparation for growing a moustache for Movember.

A married senior naval officer dismissed from the Defence Force after a 37-year career over an affair with a subordinate has not yet decided whether to appeal.

An ongoing romantic liaison between Royal New Zealand Navy Commodore Kevin Keat and a female civilian staff member is under scrutiny at a court martial.

The pain of her son's violent death hasn't eased with the passing of time for Beverley Lawrie, but gathering together with his former police colleagues helps.

Ngati Whatua might develop up to 100 residences on its 4.2ha Wakakura block near Devonport.

Navy ex-servicemen suffering ill health from the fallout of French nuclear testing at Mururoa are calling for a special remembrance day.

New Zealand missions to observe French nuclear tests were a global PR victory ... but the men who went see another side. Wayne Thompson reports.

Wayne O'Donnell was a stoker in the engine room of HMNZS Canterbury in August 1973 when it witnessed a nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll.

Fred Towler was keen to go. He was 23 and his ship had government orders to steam 4300km from Auckland to patrol off Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says a reciprocal visit to NZ from a US Coastguard vessel will not be happening anytime soon.

A Kiwi sailor from the navy frigate HMNZS Te Mana is being questioned by police in Singapore after an altercation in a bar.

The New Zealand navy is relying on Australian sailors to keep it afloat as skilled crew leave in droves for higher-paid jobs across the Tasman.

Fire crews are optimistic they have gained the upper hand over a huge blaze that has been burning on Great Barrier Island throughout the week.

Inadequate training of crew in the use of navigation systems was one of several factors that grounded a navy barge in Whangarei on Waitangi Day, an inquiry finds.