Military

Tse Chi Lop is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate through the Asia-Pacific region that is raking in up to $17 billion a year. Journalist Tom Allard has been on the… Audio

A research fellow at the University of Sydney has looked into the often invisible histories of transgender soldiers and the cross-dressing women who went to war.  Audio

Historian and author Peter Cooke's looked right back to the early days of Maori settlement to trace the pioneering engineering the country has been founded on. He speaks to Jim about the advantage our… Audio

British pre-eminent military historian Sir Antony Beevor's coming to Auckland Writer's Festival in May. He speaks to Jim about what history can tell us about the future.  Audio

Friday's dreadful events in Christchurch, has led to the postponement of a number of events around the country over the weekend, as an act of respect, and to enable police to focus on priorities. The… Audio

West Papuan leaders who criticise military operations in Papua province risk prosecution, according to Indonesia's security forces.  Audio

Grant Philip was just fresh into his military career, when a diving accident left him a tetraplegic. Now a painter, he's returning to his military roots as part of the Art in Recovery programme. Video, Audio

Currently there are no regulations protecting the way the likes of military dogs and horses should be treated when they're used in action or once they return. The question of military animals' status… Audio, Gallery

The way the government has highlighted concerns about China in its long-term strategy for defence has surprised some New Zealand academics, who warn China won't be pleased. Video, Audio

A Guam mayor says people on the island have put their faith in God and the US military to protect them North Korean missile attacks. Audio

The HMNZS Endeavour, built in 1988 and our Navy's only tanker, is being decommissioned. Checkpoint reporter Zac Fleming was on board for its last long-term deployment. Video, Audio

The Navy's only tanker, the HMNZS Endeavour, has completed its last long-term deployment before it is decommissioned. Video, Audio

Brigadier James Hargest is one of Southland's most significant 20th century military and political figures however he's now all but forgotten; except for the Invercargill High School that bears his… Audio, Gallery