New Zealand Defence Spending

Well, we've actually got um what we need for our fuel. I mean, like we and our energy, I mean we're just on a very poor job of managing it. That's the that's the real crux of the issue. Um you know, you basically had this oil and gas ban, and then had this chilling effect on the thermal energy uh that we need to offset us on the dry year risk when we when our renewables don't work. So it's a pretty simple problem, and we just haven't fixed it because we've been very fixated on emissions and climate change rather than energy independence. And I'm saying with respect to energy strategy, it's not about long-term climate change goals, it's actually about energy independence so that New Zealand uh is less knocked around by global crises like we're experiencing now. So that's what I'm focused on, and that's why we've got the coal reserve now for four months' supply essentially at the back of Huntley. That's why we're building the diesel uh reserve and uh nine days extra stock, and that's coming into H of the orders, the the fuels on the boat now and we'll be ready in in a couple of weeks. Um, you know, we we're making sure we're following up investments in thermal energy as well as doubling the amount of renewables that we've got up and down the country, you know, down your way, down south. You know, we've approved a fast-tracked um wind farm that will power up a hundred thousand homes. Well, you know, that's been that was rejected under the previous government. We did that in a matter of, you know, probably a hundred and ten days or so. Um so you know, there's l we're doubling renewables and and it's and it's an and and strategy, not or um, we actually need to also do the investments in the in oil and gas.