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The Defence Department is working with New Zealand's military to track the warships as they move closer to Hobart.

As tensions ratchet up in the Pacific, foreign minister Winston Peters has landed in Beijing for scheduled meetings. He'll ...

It was not clear whether the Chinese naval task group will transit westward to the waters south of mainland Australia.

How dangerous will the Chinese Navy, the PLA Navy, be in 2040? Shockingly capable, aggressive and offensive. This is a ...

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says airliners were over the Tasman Sea crossing between Australia and New Zealand ...

Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the country’s coast that forced dozens of flights to be diverted ...

After reports emerged in January that Chinese warships tracked a Canadian navy vessel passing through the disputed South ...

China set off some alarm bells in New Zealand and Australia in February, as the nation participated in live-fire testing in a ...

Australia warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships potentially conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea ...

Allegedly, the defence environment has changed, and New Zealand thus needs to spend significantly more on Defence. The ...

Over the weekend, Chinese warships conducted live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea, which Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ...