{"id":15128629,"date":"2026-05-30T05:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/us-defence-secretary-pete-hegseth-slams-new-zealand-for-freeloading-on-defence\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T06:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:01:50","slug":"us-defence-secretary-pete-hegseth-slams-new-zealand-for-freeloading-on-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/us-defence-secretary-pete-hegseth-slams-new-zealand-for-freeloading-on-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth slams New Zealand for \u2018freeloading\u2019 on defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Minister Chris Penk was in the audience as Hegseth made the critical comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/us-defence-secretary-pete-hegseth-slams-new-zealand-for-freeloading-on-defence\/2JF3NOJ5CJH23JEZKIO44PTSJE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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