Podcasts Other The Mike Hosking Breakfast Pollies: Labour's Tangi Utikere and National's Mark Mitchell on the deployment of the NZ Defence Force against Houthis

Pollies: Labour's Tangi Utikere and National's Mark Mitchell on the deployment of the NZ Defence Force against Houthis

Published: Jan. 23, 2024, 8:41 p.m.

Labour says New Zealand has no place in the fight against Houthi rebels. \xa0

Six personnel are being deployed to the Red Sea to support coalition airstrikes against the group, who have been attacking commercial shipping. \xa0

Labour and the Green Party have come out against the move. \xa0

Labour's Palmerston North MP Tangi Utikere says the move has shades of the Iraq invasion. \xa0

He told Tim Dower that National should follow Helen Clark's example, and not support this latest venture. \xa0

On the other hand, National\u2019s Mark Mitchell said that it\u2019d be wrong to bury our heads in the sand and say it doesn\u2019t impact us.\xa0

He said that the Houthi attacks on shipping lines has a big impact on New Zealand, and the Government has been clear that we have to support our partners in the US and UK.\xa0

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