David Parker: Labour foreign affairs spokesperson on the party's pledge to avoid joining AUKUS
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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Labour's foreign affairs spokesperson has called AUKUS a 'China containment strategy' - which Labour wants no part of.
At the party conference, leader Chris Hipkins announced no future Labour Government would be involved in the tri-lateral security deal.
David Parker says New Zealand should plot a path between the superpowers.
He's confirmed Labour would withdraw from the deal if the current Government signs up.
"In terms of the practicality of that - very little will have happened by then. Even the Pillar One submarines that are nuclear powered that Australia's purchasing - they don't arrive by the 2030s."
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