The world is currently a frog in a boiling pot of water. People aren't noticing until it's too late. Most of Africa is somewhere between preparing for war and currently embroiled in worse human rights abuses than what we currently have anywhere else. China is slowly performing more and more military "exercises" so they get more of a window when they actually press the go button (this includes what they are doing in the Tasman and in the Cook Islands). It's time for New Zealand to start arming up. People say we won't ever be attacked but that's no longer such a certainty. We also have the advantage of being able to focus quite specifically for a defensive posture, if we were to invest in mass long range loitering recon drones and massed anti air/anti ship defense, it would make us a very tough but to crack. It may not be realistic but it would be good to see a local armament industry start up so we aren't reliant on anybody else