New Zealand, UK Update Defence Pact as Threats Rise

Defence Minister Judith Collins says the pact was updated to reflect a rapidly changing world.
New Zealand, UK Update Defence Pact as Threats Rise
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.

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