38933 (2026). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Defence

38933 (2026). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Defence: How much, if any, was spent in the 2024/25 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training staff, deploying systems, maintaining subscriptions and any other associated costs?

Hon Paul Goldsmith: Ministry of Defence: Nil. The NZDF utilises Microsoft Copilot under its existing Microsoft 365 licensing arrangements. As Copilot functionality is incorporated within broader Microsoft 365 subscription costs, it is not possible to separately identify or quantify the expenditure attributable specifically to Copilot from the available financial information.