Jo Priestley writes about the tugs on the heart mingled with pride and celebration as her teenage son trains as a Navy sailor.

Rotorua’s Sarah Podmore has no shortage of challenges in her day job as a paramedic for Hato Hone St John. But she pushes herself even further as an infantry soldier in the New Zealand Army Reserve Force.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) aerobatics display team, the Black Falcons, is set to appear several times across the South Island this weekend.

A strong passion for the outdoors has led Private James Gallant on a wild ride at times.

Lieutenant Commander Jerry Kemp, Royal New Zealand Navy, says he feels very blessed to practise his trade aboard the Royal Australian Navy’s largest and senior ship.

Chaplains in the military have a unique pastoral role where they provide guidance to all ranks.

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contingent tasked with helping out during the Solomon Islands national election has sailed in to the capital Honiara to begin its work.

Season two of the New Zealand Defence Force's (NZDF) podcast, Unclassified, showcases more stories from personnel on the frontline of some of the NZDF’s most memorable responses.

Sergeant Caroline “Daisy” Williams once had the job of copying the private papers of one of New Zealand’s most prominent First World War generals, but never thought she’d get the chance to walk in the man’s footprints at Gallipoli.

A 10-personnel Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) contingent has completed a six-week deployment supporting the Fiji Ministry of Fisheries to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone, which covers 1.29m square km.