New Zealand must boost military spending as Pacific power struggle intensifies, review finds

Defence minister launches first security strategy warning New Zealand faces greatest geostrategic challenges in decades

New Zealand needs to spend more on its military and strengthen ties with countries in the Indo-Pacific to help meet the challenges of great power rivalry and climate change, the government said amid an ongoing defence review.

Launching the country's first ever national security strategy, defence minister Andrew Little said New Zealand faced more geostrategic challenges than it had in decades.