Christopher Luxon

The Intelligence and Security Committee has received a briefing on long-term national security threats which has incorporated a public survey and public consultation which found New Zealanders… Audio

The National Party has been busy defending its plan to reintroduce roads of national significance, a $24 billion plan the Government says faces a $10 billion hole.

National Party leader Christopher… Audio

Politics has dominated news this week, with the resignation of Justice Minister, Kiri Allan after she was involved in a car crash in Wellington.

Yesterday opposition parties were accused of… Audio

National have climbed in the polls, and currently sit at 36 percent, ahead of Labour on 31 percent.

But National leader Christopher Luxon says the only poll that matters is on 14 October.

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Political reporters often say people need to get to know National leader Christopher Luxon. But he's ubiquitous in the media and has been in the job 18 months. Is it possible he's unknowable? Or is it… Audio

'We can't and won't arrest ourselves out of a 'gang problem' ", that's according to a new report done by the Prime Minister's chief science advisor.

But National Party Leader Christopher Luxon has… Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about a titanic amount of coverage of the Titan submersible tragedy. Also: complaints about an unfair focus on… Audio

The government's announced an extra $128 million dollars for cash strapped universities and ordered a review of the sector.

But National blames the government for the tertiary sector's financial woes… Audio

MPs have spent much of the week debating the merits - or otherwise - of an algorithm that takes into account ethnicity to help prioritise patients waiting for elective surgeries.  Audio

The Green Party has accused the opposition of whipping up racism over a tool which prioritises surgery waitlists, partly based on ethnicity.

The tool looks at clinical priority, time on the wait… Audio

Christopher Luxon is accusing the government of destroying a pipeline of good infrastructure projects -- projects he says National will get back on track.

The party is today announcing a five-point… Audio

The Housing Minister, Megan Woods, has extended several invitations to the National Party to meet and talk through National's ideas for housing.

This comes after National pulled its support for… Audio

The National Party leader Christopher Luxon visited the scene of the Loafers Lodge fire and met with some of the survivors. He says the scene was shocking, and bigger questions will need to be asked… Audio

National's leader Christopher Luxon has unequivocally ruled out working with Te Pāti Māori to form a government after the election.

It follows a turbulent period for the parties on the left - with… Audio

The National Party has labelled Te Pāti Māori attempts to welcome Meka Whaitiri into the house with a whakawātea yesterday as grandstanding.

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In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Meka Whaitiri's defection to Te Pāti Māori taking the media by surprise, a media organisation and a politician censured… Audio