The defence minister says the presence of Chinese warships carrying out live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea is "unusual", but nothing Kiwis need to be worried about.

“They have not deigned to advise us on what they are doing in the middle of the Tasman Sea,” Collins said. She added that China had only given New Zealand 24 hours' warning it would fire an ...

Airliners were over the Tasman Sea crossing between Australia and New Zealand when the Chinese navy warned they were flying over a secret live-fire exercise, Australian Defense Minister Richard ...