Almost 30,000 personnel from New Zealand, Australia, the United States and ten other countries have been taking part in war games in Queensland as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre – though they have been paused due to an Australian military helicopter crash.
The Green Party’s defence spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman said it was alarming to see the defence force participate in the militarisation of the Pacific.
“China and the US are engaged in some kind of competition over the Pacific right now and New Zealand must display a principled, independent voice and lift our Pacific neighbours above the interests of these overly-militarised superpowers.”
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