Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

Increase, and make our youth more patriotic/nationalistic to new zealand whether they are european or maori/islander

I think we should decrease the spending because we are not in any trouble and I don't think that any country will attack us.

NZ has virtually no capability to defend itself and is too reliant on other countries. If we spent more on DEFENCE this could also offer people careers they otherwise wouldn't have access to.

Increase a lot so that if I join the air force I get to fly planes

Uneducated in this to give an informed decision

Increase surrounding climate change and related changes to our strategic environment

navy should have many small bases with coastal boats , torpedo and minigun armed. air force should have fast deploy heavily armed jets for coastal protection . army should specialize in coastal defense and guerilla warfare

Remain the same but extra careful on where the money goes.

Increase, investing in technology and surveillance rather than weaponry

Only after Health and Education have been increased.

Neutral, Military expenditure use to entail direct benefits to New Zealand such as military building highways, any further expenditure on armed forces needs to have tangible benefits.

Increase for defense but put a vote to it

not increase or decrease it's perfectly fine.

I have nothing to compare either one to unfortunatly.

it depends on the current rate of spending at that does not seem to be something clearly transparent or somewhat publically made avaliable "or known of to be"

Maintain current spending, ensure money is spent on peacekeeping, environmental security, foreign aid/disaster relief.

As an industry the trains and supports growth of a work force, yes.

Increase, to allow 2 year compulsory training of NZers, provision of material resources, weapons and naval, army and airforce equipment to support this and

Increase for training of high skilled people and retain them for nz sush as for health and education.

Decrease. Let the 'special interest groups' fund their own wars.

Yes, but military activity should be limited to relief, peacekeeping and fishery protection roles

We should combine spending with Australia and create a defending force.

No thought on the issue or matter.

Not an expert

Peace keeping and defense only.

Increase only if used for the protection of our own people in emergencies such as floods/hurricanes; decrease for warfare

Increase: combine all groups, coast guards, military, airforce, navy etc, into one group and work together

We should only have a navy as we are a small island, but have new boats and equipment, with the coast guard as a support to the navy.

Increase but specifically to deal with personnel issues

Pay Australia to defend us with their military

i think its good how it is

depends on what necessary

About the same or less but use for civil emergencies not war.

Increase the budget on education and healthcare instead of military.

Increase, but only because global-geopolitics is going to become more turbulent in the future.

Increase where necessary to ensure we can patrol and protect our borders and also to ensure military help for emergencies

Dependent on world hostilities

Complex and circumstantial

The military should be disbanded and abolished

We should become neutral and have armed forces for aid or fisheries protection only

Increase, but target their activities to more local needs to help fill the gaps in our policing.

Don’t care / know what that means

If it strengthens the military then increase

If it’ll strengthen the military then increase

Increase, but we should be using our militaries skills more locally during emergencies. Peacekeeping to free up our police, clean up and construction coordination

Decrease, put the funds into a civil defence force.

Yes. For responding to disasters.

yes when appropriate, when needed yes.

Not enough knowledge to have a stance