A belief Labour missed out on opportunities when announcing its position on AUKUS.

The party has promised not to sign up to the international security pact – a partnership between Australia, Britain, and the United States.

Former Labour leader Andrew Little told Mike Hosking he wants more of an indication on how those relationships would be managed in the future.

“So if we’re not signing up to that, we still have to have a relationship with them – or we’re going to – and still need new defence kit.”

But Little is confident relationships will remain strong, believing the nuclear part will likely collapse.

He says the other part was joining with our traditional partners on developing technology of use to New Zealand, like remote maritime patrolling.

The current Government's exploring options for the non-nuclear aspect of the pact.

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