The Chatham Islands are welcoming attention from the government, but say energy and shipping decisions are needed before a meatworks supported by the government can proceed. Those concerns will pose a ...

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

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 ...

The New Zealand Defence Force is gearing up for a spending spree as global tensions increase, with significant tech spend on ...

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

United States: Donald Trump paused most of his tariffs this week but stepped up his escalating trade war with China as he sought to end sharemarket turmoil and address fears of a looming economic ...

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

The former High Commissioner to the UK said New Zealand ... Phil Goff said military defences were necessary too, applauding ...

The plan includes NZ$12bn of funding and prioritises investments that are deemed critical over the next four years.

Just because we’re small doesn’t mean we’re insignificant,” said Minister of Defence Judith Collins. “We’re a maritime nation ...

New Zealand is not exactly known as a major military power. For decades the country has relied on its geographical isolation and the reassuring presence of the Australian Defence Force on its western ...

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced on Monday, the 7th of April, that it will increase defence spending by ...