Defence minister Judith Collins said Commander Yvonne Gray, who faced a barrage of online abuse, was ‘appointed on merit, not ...

New Zealand’s Defense Minister Judith Collins has decried what she called misogynistic online comments about the woman ...

New Zealand’s Defence Minister has condemned the online trolling of a female naval captain whose ship sank last weekend. The ...

The Manawanui, the New Zealand Navy's specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, sank at a reef off the coast of Samoa that it ...

Commander Yvonne Gray, originally from Yorkshire, said her ‘very worst imagining became a reality’ when the boat sank ...

New Zealand’s defence minister has criticised "armchair admirals" for suggesting that a female captain’s gender was to blame ...

New Zealand's Defense Minister has clapped back at claims that the appointment of a female captain to commandeer a $61 million navy ship ultimately led to its sinking. The navy's specialist dive and ...

After a New Zealand navy vessel struck a reef and sunk, some social media users have identified the captain's gender as the ...

Commander Yvonne Gray from North Yorkshire was in charge of the £60m New Zealand Navy vessel which sank on Sunday. Abandoning ...

At 9am, HMNZS Manawanui capsized and went below the surface near the southern coast of Upolu in Samoa where it now lies. Most ...

Internet trolls have cruelly targeted New Zealand Navy Captain Yvonne Gray after a $100 million ship sank under her command.

A Harrogate woman now working for the New Zealand navy has been praised for saving lives after her £60million vessel ran into a reef and later sunk.