Defence Minister Judith Collins says the pact was updated to reflect a rapidly changing world.
New Zealand’s current Defence Minister Judith Collins speaks at her press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Aug. 31, 2021. Mark Mitchell – Pool/Getty Images
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New Zealand and the United Kingdom have updated their decade-old defence cooperation agreement to reflect what the Defence Minister Judith Collins called a “rapidly changing world.”
Collins, who signed the new joint statement in London with UK Defence Secretary John Healey, said the agreement was needed as global threats intensified.
Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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