Defence Force

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

New Zealand's new Poseidon P-8A has clocked its first official mission: a multi-national operation north-west of Fiji to catch illegal fishing boats.

Four Royal Navy personnel will be recognised for their bravery and skills by the defence force for rescuing a yachtsman during Cyclone Gabrielle.

Opinion - New Zealanders have been put on notice that defence and security are among the bigger challenges the country faces this century, John Moremon writes.

Opinion - New Zealand now faces a very different and rapidly changing world. Business as usual is no longer considered an option, Alexander Gillespie writes.

New Zealand's Defence Force will ramp up its readiness for combat, taking a more "proactive and purposeful" approach as part of a new government strategy.

The Air Force will carry out a risk assessment of its NH90 helicopters after the crash of the Australian Army MRH90 Taipan helicopter.

Some debris from the chopper has been recovered but the main cabin has not yet been located.

Almost 30,000 personnel from New Zealand, Australia, the United States and ten other countries have been taking part in war games in Queensland.

The US will help Australia produce guided multiple-launch rocket systems by 2025, says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Four crew members of an Australian Army helicopter - which was taking part in large-scale military exercises that include NZ soldiers - are missing after the chopper crashed into the ocean off the… Video

Analysis - The 'father of the atomic bomb' always despaired about the nuclear arms race triggered by his creation - so have his fears been realised?

A Masterton scrap yard has been reopened after workers found part of what is thought to be a mortar round.