Chelsea DanielsThe Front Page podcast host·NZ Herald·2 Jun, 2026 03:00 AM4 mins to readUS Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during the 23rd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue at the Shangri-La Hotel on May 30, in Singapore. Photo / Getty Images) Frigates, freeloading, and our nuclear-free identity are all suddenly up for debate.New Zealand is being called a “freeloader” by the US Secretary of Defence for not increasing our defence spending as much as he’d like.
At the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, Pete Hegseth reiterated his call for
