Marines will receive 'NZ's gratitude'
The Pentagon has agreed to send a group of Marines to NZ next year after an invitation from the Govt.
The Pentagon has agreed to send a group of Marines to NZ next year after an invitation from the Govt.
It's not the change to history that makes us nervous, it's having to wait to see what it is.
Fresh questions are being raised about New Zealand's elite SAS soldiers and their role in detaining prisoners and then handing them on to other forces who may have tortured them. At least three people, including one child, have reportedly..
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp says NZ troops making progress in a dangerous area of Afghanistan.
The body of Private Kirifi Mila, killed in a road accident in Afghanistan, has begun its journey home to New Zealand after being farewelled from Kiwi Base overnight.
The body of Private Kirifi Mila, killed in a motor accident while serving in Afghanistan on Tuesday, is expected to return to New Zealand next week, the Defence Force says.
The death of a soldier in Afghanistan is at least the ninth time in 12 years a NZ soldier has been killed in a vehicle accident.