Tag: NZ Defence Force

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A global aid effort is underway for Tonga with vessels en route to the Pacific kingdom from Australia, the...

Kaniva News King Tupou VI has offered sympathy and prayers to all those who lost relatives in last weekend's Tongan volcano eruption and tsunami disaster...

RNZ News Specialist New Zealand Defence Force staff will be checking Tonga's shipping lanes are passable and the wharf is safe so desperately needed humanitarian...

RNZ News New images appear to show the majority of structures on the Tongan island of Atatā have been wiped out after a volcanic eruption...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Langi Fatanitavake's wife and son live on one of the islands flanking Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai undersea volcano, but...

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga in the wake of the...

RNZ Pacific The latest members of New Zealand's Defence Force and police contingent have arrived in Honiara after days of unrest in the Solomon Islands...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the final New Zealand Defence Force evacuation flight from Afghanistan landed back in the United Arab Emirates last...

By Shanil Singh in Suva Immigration Secretary Yogesh Karan has confirmed that 13 Fijians who are currently stuck in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last...

By Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson The Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Tim Keating presented the NZ Defence Force response to the book Hit &...

Opinion by Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report Respected New Zealand Herald journalist Phil Taylor’s reportage last week has again raised concerns about poor transparency...