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Commodore Kevin Keat

Keat allegedly abused power, rank video

One of the NZDF's most senior-ranking officers has been stood down over allegations he failed to declare a romantic relationship with a subordinate.

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Figures obtained under an OIA revealed between July 2007 and July 2012, there were 14 allegations of rape made by New Zealand Defence Force personnel (file pic)

Rape growing issue in Defence Force video

Is rape or assault a problem in the New Zealand Defence Force?

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The family of killed soldier Corporal Luke Tamatea

Helping hands for fallen soldiers' trust

Soldiers at the base of five Kiwi troops killed in Afghanistan have raised $12,000 for a trust set up in their comrades' memory.

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Interpreters who have worked with Kiwi troops say they've received death threats and are fearful that the Taliban will hunt them down and kill them (file)

Key `sympathetic' to interpreters' plea

Afghan interpreters working with forces in Afghanistan make a sound case for being allowed to live here, John Key says.

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Private Michael Victor Ross (Photo: NZDF)

Body of soldier to be returned to family

The body of a soldier who died during an army training exercise last week is to be returned to his family today.

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The US secretary of defence will be able to authorise individual visits by New Zealand navy vessels to Department of Defense and Coastguard facilities from now on (file pic)

US lifts 26-year ban on NZ naval ships

New Zealand navy ships will be allowed to visit United States defence ports for the first time in 26 years.

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Leon Panetta

Leon Panetta to visit NZ

US Secretary of Defence Secretary Leon Panetta will visit New Zealand next week, the Government has announced.

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Trust set up for fallen soldiers' families video

There has been good news, coming out of something very sad.

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Sergeant Stevin Creeggan, survivor of the Iroquios crash

Air Force warned before Anzac crash

The email said a culture of risk-taking had developed and it was possible someone could be killed.

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Prime Minister John Key meets NZ troops

Greens urge quicker Afghan withdrawal

The Greens say NZ should get its troops out of Afghanistan as soon as possible.

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Families of ex-soldiers to be given medals

The families of about 30 former armed forces personnel will be given medals this week to recognise the service of their loved ones.

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New Zealander airmovements shift leader Jade Streeter stands on runway at Kabul airport (Reuters file)

Pull-out comes as attacks increase video

New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan will return home by the end of April next year – a year-and-a-half earlier than first planned.

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A soldier form New Zealand patrols an airstrip in the central province of Bamyan (Reuters)

NZ forces to leave Afghanistan in April

New Zealand's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan will be withdrawn by the end of April next year, the Government has confirmed.

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The army maintains the latest Taleban bomb would have destroyed any vehicle

NZDF ill-equipped, says security op video

The Taliban is saying that more Kiwi troops are going to die in Afghanistan, and a NZ private security operator agrees.

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Prime Minister John Key (NZN/file)

'There's no fast way out' – Key video

It's the question the Prime Minister has been fielding all day – why can't our troops leave now?

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Sixteen percent of our Defence Force is women

Women's vital role in the NZDF video

Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker is the first New Zealand woman killed in a combat zone since the Vietnam War.

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (NZN/file)

Australian condolences for Kiwi soldier deaths

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has extended the nation's condolences to New Zealand for the loss of three Kiwi soldiers in Afghanistan.

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The service for Lance Corporals Pralli Durrer and Rory Malone was attended by their Provincial Reconstruction Team comrades (file)

NZ soldiers' bodies leave Afghanistan

The two New Zealand soldiers killed in Afghanistan have been farewelled from Bagram Air Base and their bodies are due back in New Zealand on Thursday, the Defence Force says.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key

Killings won't speed up withdrawal - Key video

New Zealand troops were sent to keep the peace in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province. But exactly two years to the day since our first soldier was killed there, another two have been killed in the very same area.

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The soldiers were part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team based in Bamiyan

NZ soldiers killed while assisting Afghan forces video

Two New Zealand soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan and a further six injured in New Zealand’s darkest day since the war began in 2001.

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