New Zealand ‘serious about Defence’ in a ‘challenging geopolitical environment’

New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins says the next budget will show her government is “serious about Defence” during a “challenging geopolitical environment”. “We can’t really have economic security if you don’t have national security and Defence is an integral part of that,” Ms Collins told Sky News NZ Correspondent Jack Nyhof. “We also live in a very challenging geopolitical environment at the moment.”