What is driving this strategic shift and what are the implications for Australia and the broader Pacific region?Why is New ...

New Zealand said on Monday it would boost defence spending by NZ$9 billion ($5 billion) over the next four years, and aim to ...

The National Party-led government’s plan to lift defence spending from 1 to 2 percent of GDP, as it prepares to join US-led ...

New Zealand has released its delayed Defence Capability Plan (DCP). The government blueprint lists priorities and investments ...

According to the plan, given the "deteriorating strategic environment", New Zealand's military needs to be "increasingly ...

The Prime Minister will fly to the United Kingdom on Saturday, where he will meet King Charles and British Prime Minister Sir ...

Infrastructure upgrades at RNZAF Base Ōhākea, worth up to $600 million, are part of the Government’s multibillion-dollar ...

The New Zealand government published its Defence Capability Plan (DCP) on 7 April, a document that had been delayed for many ...

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and four other nations have joined forces in Malaysia and Singapore for Exercise Bersama ...

The Defence Capability Plan places a strong emphasis on enhancing the combat readiness of the NZDF, aiming to increase the ...

"We do need to have strike capacity. Not only are we living in New Zealand, but we're a maritime nation," she said, also ...

The new spending is a significant boost to Defence Force spending of just under NZ$5 billion in 2024/25. New Zealand's first national security review in 2023 called for more military spending and ...