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Podcast: Newsable
Episode: "We can't sit here in blissful ignorance " - Judith Collins on role for NZ defence force, the first parliament for 2024, deep fakes and Taylor Swift, X games silver medal
Description: New Zealand's Defence Force has now had members deployed to the Middle East to protect shipping lanes in the Suez Canal and the Red Sea from Houthi attacks. But could New Zealand get drawn into the wider conflict, will we contribute more to Ukraine and can we afford it all? Newsable talks to the Defence Minister, Judith Collins.Parliament sits for the first time today, we talk to Massey University politics professor, Richard Shaw about the year ahead, plus could the pornographic images of Taylor Swift spread on the internet lead to new laws and New Zealander...