Hon RON MARK: The Ministry of Defence has released a request for tender and is currently seeking proposals on a range of domestic response vehicles with delivery expected before the end of 2022. These capabilities help support our communities, enable military operations at home and in our region, and keep our women and men in uniform safe. They include domestic and rural fire engines to support Fire and Emergency New Zealand, air force response appliances, aircraft refuelling tankers, and the long overdue and much waited for New Zealand - based military ambulances, which are desperately and urgently in need of replacement.