The Prime Minister announced this afternoon that New Zealand will be withdrawing all troops from Iraq by June next year.
This marks the end of a military mission which began in 2015 when New Zealand and Australia began a joint mission training Iraqi government troops at Camp Taji in central Iraq.
But what was our role in Iraq and why has the decision been made to bring it to a close? Dr Al Gillespie is an international law professor at the University of Waikato.
Labour leader Andrew Little meets some of the Iraqis being trained by New Zealanders at Camp Taji. Photo: SUPPLIED / NZDF
