54095 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Space

54095 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Space: Further to WPQ 23369 (2024) can the Minister list Space activities with national security applications that are contrary to New Zealand’s national interests and if so what and if not why not?

Hon Judith Collins: In 2019 Cabinet agreed a set of activities not in the national interest, including: • Payloads that contribute to nuclear weapons programmes or capabilities. • Payloads with the intended end use of harming, interfering with, or destroying other spacecraft, or space systems on Earth. • Payloads with the intended end use of supporting or enabling specific defence, security, or intelligence operations that are contrary to government policy. • Payloads where the intended end use is likely to cause serious or irreversible harm to the environment. Relevant information about national interest considerations is here: https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/space/national-space-policy/national-interest-considerations-space