When geopolitical tension mounts, New Zealand tends to lean closer to traditional allies. Chinese warships in the Tasman make ...

The Chinese warships off Australia's coast are carrying missiles with a range of about 1,000 kilometres, New Zealand's ...

Beijing on Sunday said Canberra had “deliberately hyped” recent Chinese naval exercises near the Australian coast and ...

An international relations professor is warning China's activity in the Tasman Sea shows it wants to establish a permanent ...

The vessels were sailing in the Tasman Sea, and their announced intent to perform exercises prompted a call for commercial ...

The appearance of three Chinese naval vessels firing live rounds in the Tasman Sea has caused understandable alarm in New Zealand and Australia . But ...

So, the weekend has been spent watching the Chinese Navy use the Tasman Sea as a firing range.   They’ve never done this so ...

Sailing in Australia’s exclusive economic zone, the three vessels were not breaking international law, but they were ...

China will be able to establish a "significant strategic presence" in the Pacific, a security studies professor says.

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.

Well, we may have problems getting Chinese tourists back to New Zealand, but the Chinese military seem interested in the ...