Denying terrorist and criminal organisations the funds to conduct illicit activities will be the primary aim of HMNZS Te Kaha ...

New Zealand's worst peacetime maritime accident ... with all 75 crew making it to shore in a dangerous overnight evacuation. Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Garin Golding ordered the probe, which ...

Over the weekend, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s hydrographic, diving and salvage ship, HMNZS Manawanui, ran aground off the ...

Could New Zealand’s relationships with its Pacific neighbours be in jeopardy – and is China ready to take full advantage? Tensions have emerged in recent weeks between New Zealand and several Pacific ...

The planned visiting forces agreements reflect Manila’s efforts to broaden and deepen its defense partnerships in the face of ...

For the first time since World War Two, New Zealand has lost a navy ship. The Manawanui sank in Samoan waters after it lost power and hit a reef during surveying work in rough seas. New Zealand ...

HMNZS Manawanui was the first ship New Zealand had lost since World War Two. It was one of nine ships in the country's small navy fleet. The first report from an inquiry into the incident was ...

Speaking to New Zealand media on Monday morning, Commanding Officer Captain Matthew Rooney said the ship was in New Zealand “as part of our mission going around through the Southern Ocean”. Rooney ...

An excavator is used to drag a shipping container onto the beach in the village of Mulivai Safata, Samoa, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, near where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground and sank on Oct. 6.

New Zealand will hold a court of inquiry into the loss of the ship, which was one of nine in its navy. The cause of the disaster is not known. The specialist dive and hydrographic vessel had been ...

Pakistan Navy has successfully relinquished command of Combined Task Force 150 to the Royal New Zealand Navy. Commodore Asim Sohail Malik of Pakistan Navy formally handed over command to Commodore ...