While New Zealand continues our proud history of advocating against nuclear armament, honouring the legacy that we say belongs to Gorbachev would mean that we stand as an independent, principled voice on the global stage today. It would mean refusing to recourse into old Cold War allegiances. It would mean scrutinising our allegiances to Five Eyes. It would mean scrutinising opaque military agreements that we enter into in the Pacific either on the side of the US or against China. We must call out our friends and allies for human rights breaches. We must commit to sustained cooperation and commitment across the political world as we advocate for peace and for solutions to the greatest global crisis of our time—the climate crisis.