Peace Movement Aotearoa held an online action on the occasion of GDAMS 2020: “Here in Aotearoa New Zealand – where the number of children living in families with an income below the poverty line and the level of homelessness continues to rise, and there is a desperate need for more social funding – a record $(NZ)5,058,286,000 was allocated for military spending in the 2019 ‘Wellbeing’ Budget… that’s an average of $97,274,730 every week. In June 2019, a further $(NZ)20 billion over the next decade (additional to each year’s annual expenditure) was announced for increased combat capability.”
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