Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the Government spending more of New Zealand's GDP on defence
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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The Finance Minister says it could take 15 years before Defence Force spending reaches a goal set out by the Prime Minister.
Christopher Luxon says he want the Government to get close to spending 2 percent of the country's GDP on defence.
It comes as Chinese naval ships run live firing round practice in the Tasman Sea.
Nicola Willis says it will take quite a few budgets to meet the 2 percent threshold.
"What we're working on is a defence capability plan that sets out what are the big investments we need to make to get our defence force ready - and that will take us out to 2040."
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