NZ sends troops to Red Sea conflict

NZ sends troops to Red Sea conflict
Luxon has announced a NZ Defence Force deployment to the Red Sea. (Image: Pattrick Smellie/BusinessDesk)
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Prime minister Christopher Luxon has announced six New Zealand Defence Force members will be sent to the Red Sea to help counter Houthi attacks. In a statement on Tuesday, following the first cabinet meeting of the year, Luxon said the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) team would not enter Yemen. “Houthi attacks against commercial and naval shipping are illegal, unacceptable and profoundly destabilising," he said.“This deployment, as part of an international coalition, is a continuation of NZ’s long history of defending f...

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