Collins said she was appalled to see online trolling from "armchair admirals, people who will never have to make decisions which mean life or death for their subordinates". She ad

New Zealand's Defence Minister on Thursday publicly criticised online trolling of the female captain of a naval vessel that sunk at the weekend, saying while the cause of the incident was unknown, it had nothing to do with the captain’s gender.

In 2023 the navy said it reached a new high of more than 24%.The loss of the Manawanui - first ship New Zealand's Navy has lost to the sea since World War Two - leaves it with just five working vessels and would cost 100m NZ dollars (£46m) to replace,

New Zealand’s Defense Minister Judith Collins has decried what she called misogynistic online comments about the woman commander of a navy ship which ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of

The sinking of a Royal New Zealand Navy ship in the South Pacific had nothing to do with the fact that the British-born captain is a woman, the country’s defence minister said, criticising “armchair admirals” who are speculating on the causes of the disaster.

New Zealand's defence minister has condemned online abuse towards the female captain of a navy ship that sank at the weekend.