What's more, we are also pumping more money into the military. The Government's defence capability plan released in 2019 reveals that they intend to spend an extra $20 billion on the military by 2030. Aotearoa should be ramping up our military capability in the 21st century. Yes, we need to be able to defend ourselves. Yes, we should contribute to peacekeeping. But we have no business getting involved in imperialist proxy wars, whether they are instigated by Russia, the US, China, or anyone else. We should stand as an independent and neutral force for security, order, and peace in the South Pacific. At a time when the finance Minister has caved to establishment pressures to restrain spending, why would he choose to invest millions and millions of new funding into the police and the military?