WELLINGTON, New Zealand — As the U.S., China and other powers vie for strategic influence in Pacific Island militaries, the ...

The move is meant to solidify the two nations' defense cooperation in a region where China is flexing its military muscles.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The New Zealand Defence Force includes more than 8,700 uniformed personnel, with nearly half ...

But New Zealand's small military footprint presents challenges too. King inherited an army described within the defense force ...

Officer cadets in action during Exercise Santici in Central Hawke’s Bay. The streets of Waipukurau recently hosted about 100 ...

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have warned that military attacks in recent days to rescue a New ...

The Israeli army on Sunday, October 6, invited reporters to an exhibition of weapons and munitions it says were seized from Hamas militants in the year since the October 7 attacks on southern Israel.

New Zealand’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Rose King, has highlighted the challenges Pacific Island nations face with foreign military training in an interview with The Associated Press WELLINGTON ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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 army’s highest ranking official, who was appointed in June, is the first woman to lead a branch of the New Zealand military. “One of the things we’re hearing from some of the Pacific ...

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 ...