Some day these submarines may well enter NZ waters to protect and defend NZ. Its a small world, NZ can shut their eyes and hope all the bad things will just go away, but they wont.
In the event of an invasion or blockade the nuclear-free policy would be relaxed as needed.
It is incredibly difficult to imagine a scenario where, say, China launches a naval invasion or blockade of NZ but is not already at war with our allies. In the latter case subs would engage their navy long before they reach NZ waters.
It is incredibly difficult to imagine a scenario where, say, China launches a naval invasion or blockade of NZ but is not already at war with our allies. In the latter case subs would engage their navy long before they reach NZ waters.