New Zealand reports on defence and security expected to call for more spending

FILE PHOTO: A New Zealand Navy recruitment advertisement is displayed in Wellington, New Zealand, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Craymer/File Photo

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will on Friday outline its defence plans, which are expected to include more money and resources to bolster forces that have long been seen as underfunded relative to those of defence partners.

Chris Hipkins’ Labour government will release the country’s first National Security Strategy, along with part of a review undertaken over the past 10 months to examine what investments are needed to carry out that strategy.