Defence Minister Wayne Mapp and Associate Defence Minister Heather Roy have extended their deepest condolences to the wife and family of flying instructor and Red Checkers pilot Squadron Leader Nic

The successful return flight of a Royal New Zealand Air Force 40 Squadron Boeing 757 aircraft from Christchurch to Antarctica is a highlight in a very successful ice season for the New Zealand Defe

The Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae, and the Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Graham Lintott, have been reappointed for a further year from 1 May 2010.

Two distinguished researchers have been appointed to the Marsden Fund Council.  They are Victoria University Professors James Belich and Timothy Naish.

Nominations are now open for three of the inaugural Prime Minister's Science Prizes.

Defence Minister Wayne Mapp is on his way to Canada for a formal bilateral Defence visit and a Research, Science and Technology visit.

Defence Minister Wayne Mapp and Associate Defence Minister Heather Roy today extended the Government's deepest sympathies to the wife and family of Air Force Flight Sergeant Andrew Forster, killed

The Government has awarded $100,000 in prize money to the recipient of Royal Society's prestigious Rutherford Medal.

Three of the Army's Light Armoured Vehicles (NZLAVs) and their crews are to be deployed to Afghanistan, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced today.

Minister of Research, Science and Technology Wayne Mapp has announced a $15.2 million dollar Government investment into developing new kiwifruit varieties.

An agreement between New Zealand and Japan that will strengthen New Zealand's collaboration with Japan's scientists was signed in Tokyo yesterday by Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and Japa