Labour's foreign affairs spokesperson has called AUKUS a 'China containment strategy' - which Labour wants no part of. 

At the party conference, leader Chris Hipkins announced no future Labour Government would be involved in the tri-lateral security deal. 

David Parker says New Zealand should plot a path between the superpowers. 

He's confirmed Labour would withdraw from the deal if the current Government signs up. 

"In terms of the practicality of that - very little will have happened by then. Even the Pillar One submarines that are nuclear powered that Australia's purchasing - they don't arrive by the 2030s."

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