A set of long-lost World War I medals will once again be worn at the Anzac Day dawn service in Auckland today, for the first ...

Following some very public protests, including Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata handing back his medal , the government ...

The proposed legislation, titled the Veterans’ Recognition Bill, represents a major shift in how New Zealand formally ...

Ivan McCabe never forgets the scorching heat and force of the blast of a nuclear bomb’s explosion. The 86-year-old retired ...

The government is expanding the official term "veteran" to cover more ex-soldiers, sailors and aviators - and announcing a ...

When Royal Australian Air Force Chaplain Haydn Lea spotted four World War II medals at an auction in Perth late last year, his interest was piqued. "There were four original medals," he told Mark ...

New Zealand's most-decorated war hero, Willie Apiata, had just gifted him his New Zealand Victoria Cross medal to carry to ...

New Zealand's most decorated living veteran ... But this week he gave up that medal to the Minister for Veterans Affairs, Chris Penk, as part of his campaign to have the definition of a veteran ...

The gold medal is New Zealand's first medal of the games ... “In Tokyo we didn’t reach our full potential, we scraped through some games," veteran Tyla King said. "But here we absolutely put on a show ...

Fiji, a island nation of 800,000, whose national sports isn't just rugby but rugby sevens, has now won both Olympic gold medals after triumphing in the sports' debut at the Rio 2016 Games. New Zealand ...