Can't find a copy of the particular text I was thinking of yet, but I did find this;

"It’s commonly noted we need the military for such things as disaster relief operations, search and rescue and fisheries protection. If that is the purpose, we would be better funding a professional coastguard and improving our civil defence capabilities."

#SamBuchanan, 2025

https://www.freedomshopaotearoa.nz/2025/02/could-we-give-this-new-arms-race-miss_26.html

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