In June, Major General Rose King was appointed chief of the country’s army, becoming the first woman to lead a branch of the military. About 20 percent of New Zealand’s uniformed military ...

Gallaher was by all accounts a born leader and it may have been that desire to lead men that led him to enlist in the New ...

New Zealand’s army totals a few thousand members for a remote island nation of 5 million people, with little military might or front-line combat involvement in modern times. Military spending is ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The New Zealand Defence Force includes more than 8,700 uniformed personnel, with nearly half serving in the Army, which Maj. Gen. John Boswell has commanded since ...

Collins is New Zealand’s first woman defense minister and said she stood alongside Gray and Maj. Gen. Rose King, the country’s first woman army chief, who assumed her role in June.

For the first time in over 10 years, the Taupō Army Cadet Unit will be standing guard on Armistice Day. The unit is part of ...

A New Zealand Army soldier reveals every piece of gear he would take on a 72-hour mission. Sam, a bombardier serving in the New Zealand Army's 16th Field Regiment, asked us not to use his full ...

The NZ army's new 15-ton eight-wheel-drive armored LAV (Light Armored Vehicle) was recently clocked at 109 km/h on a public motorway, one km/h short of its 110 km/h top speed and 19 km/h over the ...

The Royal New Zealand Army will receive its new King’s and regimental colours next week when two young officers carry them at ...

A New Zealand Army soldier tries a US military MRE — or Meal, Ready-to-Eat — and compares it to New Zealand MREs. An MRE is designed to sustain soldiers during training or an operation while ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — As the U.S., China and other powers vie for strategic influence in Pacific Island militaries, the army chief of New Zealand told The Associated Press that not all of the ...