Wellington, May 5 NZPA - Senior ministers are reluctant to comment on New Zealand's ongoing commitments in Afghanistan before Prime Minister John Key returns and briefs them on the assessment he has made of the situation there.

Wellington, May 4 NZPA - Security around next year's Rugby World Cup could limit the Government's ability to keep elite troops in Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Key has said.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Bamiyan, April 4 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key spent his last day in Afghanistan in Bamiyan province rubbing shoulders with the locals.

Wellington, April 25 NZPA - The head of the Defence Force has defended New Zealand's involvement in the Afghanistan conflict, saying the country is "doing its bit".

Wellington, March 4 NZPA - Police need their own bars so they are not hassled by the public when they socialise, their union says.

Wellington, Jan 27 NZPA - There will be less secrecy around New Zealand Special Air Services (SAS) activities from now on after the Government and Defence Force agreed to greater openness.

Wellington, Jan 26 NZPA - The Special Air Services (SAS) involved in an incident in Afghanistan capital Kabul last week fired no shots.

Wellington, Nov 30 NZPA - Defence Force chief Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae and Air Force chief Air Vice Marshal Graham Lintott, have been reappointed for a further year from May 1 next year.

Wellington, Sept 10 NZPA - The army would be pushed to deal with a sudden and large emergency deployment, but overall New Zealand defence forces are better placed than they were least year.

Wellington, Aug 2 NZPA - It should be determined whether prisoners given to the United States by New Zealand troops were mistreated, before the SAS is sent back to Afghanistan, Green MP Keith Locke says.