27986 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister of Defence

Written Question

Published date: 12 Jun 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	27986 (2025)
Question asked:	27 May 2025
Member asking:	Teanau Tuiono
Portfolio:	Minister of Defence
Minister replying:	Hon Judith Collins
Answer received:	05 Jun 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_27986_2025
Document guid:	de92fc6c-79ba-4cac-bba9-098ea1909500

27986 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister of Defence: Further to WPQ 19126, how then does the Minister account for, if at all, comments from the Defence Weekly Report (8–14 February 2024) stating that "These experimental missions will generate NZDF knowledge to drive future military space operations"?

Hon Judith Collins: For clarity, these payloads have no direct utility for current military operations; but as previously stated, will generate knowledge to drive future military space operations.