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What opportunity costs or impacts on New Zealand Defence Force readiness in the Asia-Pacific region have arisen from maintaining deployments to the Middle East made in January-March 2026?

Answered Question 8523 (2026)
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Phil Twyford

Member for Te Atatū · Labour Party

Question

  • What opportunity costs or impacts on New Zealand Defence Force readiness in the Asia-Pacific region have arisen from maintaining deployments to the Middle East made in January-March 2026?

Answered by

Hon Judith Collins

Member for Papakura · National Party · Minister of Defence

Answer

New Zealand’s longstanding deployments to the Middle East do not impact NZDF’s operational ability to respond to domestic or regional contingencies in the Pacific and it would not impact current regional plans or commitments.