The prime minister says he can mend the relationship with Māori after the bill is voted down, and he would refuse a future referendum in the next election's coalition negotiations.
The prime minister’s state-of-the-nation focus on economic growth, particularly in mining and tourism, was long on aspiration and short on realistic expectations.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has laid out his Government’s goals for the year in his annual state of the nation speech. The Botany MP delivered the speech this week in Auckland, saying he knows ...
In his State of the Nation address, Christopher Luxon called for the limit on concerts in Auckland to be abolished, as it would bring economic benefits.
Luxon’s only two new announcements were of a new bureaucracy to be called Invest New Zealand and mergers of the Government’s existing science and research agencies.