Golriz Ghahraman said the situation in Iraq is reigniting calls from the Green Party to get troops out of the region. Golriz Ghahraman said the situation in Iraq had also reignited the calls from the Green Party to get troops out of the region. On Tuesday, Defence Minister Ron Mark confirmed that training activities being conducted by the 45 New Zealand troops at Iraq's Camp Taji were being halted. She hoped it would not come to war, but if it did, she believed the US would try and pressure New Zealand to be involved. "Yes there will be pressure and I would hope this and successive government's will withstand that if there is a war."

Source: Stuff January 07, 2020 23:26 UTC