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 ...

The defence minister says the presence of Chinese warships carrying out live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea is "unusual", ...

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

Activity by Chinese military ships in the Tasman sea is a "gift from Beijing" to a government trying to persuade the public of the need to spend more on defence, says a defence expert. The New Zealand ...

The drama involving Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea has escalated with a second live firing drill. A 73-year-old man has ...

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 ...

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

China will be able to establish a “significant strategic presence” in the Pacific following its new agreement with the Cook ...