Wolemba Thomas Manch, Seputembala 30, 2019
kuchokera Zojambula
Zokambirana zankhondo zomwe zatsutsana zachotsedwa ndi omwe akukonza ziwonetsero ndipo otsutsa akuti akuchita bwino potseka msika wankhondo.
New Zealand Defense Industry Association (NZDIA) yaganiza zosakhala ndi msonkhano ku 2019, patatha zaka zingapo magulu amtendere akusokoneza "zida zankhondo".
Otsutsa khumi adamangidwa kunja kwa mwambowu ku Palmerston North ku 2018, ndipo 14 adamangidwa chaka chatha ku Wellington's Westpac Stadium.
Wapampando wa NZDIA Andrew Ford adati mwambowu sunakonzekeredwe 2019 pazifukwa zingapo, kuphatikiza "chitetezo cha nthumwi, alendo komanso anthu ammudzi poyang'anizana ndi ziwonetsero".
Ford adati zochitika zina zamakampani zomwe zidachitika ku Australia chaka chino, ndipo kukonda mabungwe ang'onoang'ono kumatanthauza kuti zochitika zapachaka sizofunika.
Auckland Peace Action ndi kupanga Aotearoa onsewa adatulutsa mawu okondwerera kutha kwa tsambali.
Mneneri achitetezo ku Green Party, a Golriz Ghahraman, omwe amalankhula pa ziwonetsero za 2018, ati bungweli limatsutsana ndi mfundo za New Zealand.
"Tiyenera kuti tikugwiritsa ntchito mwayi wathu wazokambirana pazamtendere… Kuti tikhale ndi mwayi wogulitsa malonda amakampani opanga zida, ndizolakwika.
"Makamaka tsopano tachita kuti ku Christchurch [zigawenga] zichitike, ndipo tikudziwa kuti anthu ambiri omwe akukhudzidwa ndi izi ndi anthu omwe akuthawa kunkhondo."
Ghahraman adati makampani omwe adapezeka pamsonkhanowu adagulitsa zida, monga zida zodziyimira pawokha, mayiko akunja akuyesera kuletsa.
"Ngakhale sangakhale akubweretsa zida zamtunduwu kuno… ndiomwe tikuthandizira."
Msonkhanowu, womwe umathandizidwa ndi 2017 ndi zida za nyukiliya komanso chimphona chamikono Lockheed Martin, wapezekapo ndi Unduna wa Zachitetezo, New Zealand Defense Force ndi mabungwe ena aboma omwe akuteteza dziko.
Atsogoleri aboma lam'derali awonetsa kusakondwa kwawo ndi mwambowu chifukwa chotsutsa.
Pambuyo pa ziwopsezo za Christchurch mu Marichi, Meya wa Palmerston North Grant Smith adati khonsoloyo ikudzilekanitsa ndi zochitika zokhudzana ndi mfuti ndi zida zamfuti.
Mu 2017 Meya wa Wellington Justin Lester adati msonkhanowu "sunali woyenera kuchitira anthu ena".