Like Canada, New Zealand has long treated national defence as an afterthought. The 2024 defence budget allocated less than 1% of GDP to the military. Early this month, New Zealand announced a $12 billion increase in defence spending in a 'Defence Capability Plan' that will see the country hit 2% of GDP within eight years.
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