Cabinet has confirmed the retention of Whenuapai as an active Air Force base. The decision reverses the previous Government’s intention to consolidate the Air Force’s operations at Ohakea in the ...

The Whenuapai Airbase Action Group (WAAG) is not surprised by the decision of the Auckland Regional Growth Forum to accept the findings of the Joint Officials Group, which supports a Commercial ...

© All content copyright NBR. Do not reproduce in any form without permission, even if you have a paid subscription. The Whenuapai air base, northwest of Auckland, is ...

Auckland [New Zealand], Jun 5 (ANI): A police emergency operation is underway after a threat was made about explosives at the Whenuapai airbase here on Wednesday. Quoting local media, Xinhua reported ...

Defence Minister Ron Mark has used his powers to overrule a noise complaint ruling against the country's biggest military airbase on the grounds of "national security". The Environment Court last ...

Good ideas often have a life of their own. They survive even when thrust into the background by more grandiose or gratuitous notions. So it is with the resurrection of the idea of holding a round of ...

A RNZAF Orion aircraft makes an emergency landing at Whenuapai RNZAF airbase after a loss of one engine. Credit: Brett Phibbs An Air Force Orion that had to shut down one of its four engines ...

“The aircraft has landed safely. An investigation into the incident will be held and no further comment will be made until that is complete," said New Zealand Defence Force spokeswoman Anna Norman.

Police are still questioning a man who was arrested in relation to an alleged bomb threat at the Whenuapai Airbase in Auckland on Wednesday night. The 42-year-old man had been expected to appear in ...

Whenuapai Housing Partnership chairman Paul Majurey, Mayor Phil Goff, RNZAF Base Commander Auckland, Group Captain Daniel Hunt cut the ribbon to the 49-house development for RNZAF personnel. Photo: ...