The Māori Battalion suffered the highest casualty rate of any within the New Zealand division. Of the 3,578 men who served, 640 never returned home - a loss rate of one in six. Queens Service Medal, ...

With only a photo and medals the family sets ... dying, in the New Zealand bush after an assault on a Pā during the Waikato Campaign. 12.45PM: TE KAI WHAKAAHUA: SHOOTER OF WAR – follows 28 Maori ...

Pointing to the far-right government’s recent commitment to double military spending from 1 to 2 percent of gross domestic product, Hooton said New Zealand’s allies—Australia, the US and the ...

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines signed a military pact with New Zealand Wednesday, allowing their forces to hold joint exercises as Manila continues to build security alliances as it ...

New Zealand’s National Party-led government released a multi-billion dollar Defence Capability Plan last week, which will nearly double the country’s military spending from just over 1 percent ...

Maori have been protesting in large numbers, in a 9-day hikoi or march of defiance, walking from the top of New Zealand down to the capital Wellington, joined by non-Maori supporters too.

New Zealand's first national security review in 2023 called for more military spending and stronger ties with Indo-Pacific nations to tackle climate change and strategic competition among the West ...

MANILA--The Philippines signed a military pact with New Zealand Wednesday, allowing their forces to hold joint exercises as Manila continues to build security alliances as it faces an increasingly ...