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Contested 4 races — 2 elected 2 not elected
"He was wrong then, he’s wrong on this one too,” the Prime Minister says.
OPINION: By delaying a portfolio refresh until Judith Collins’ April exit, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is starving rising talent of time and repeating mistakes from National’s past.
OPINION: Ships turned away from Tauranga are costing exporters tens of millions a year.
Storms at home and chaos offshore with 283 days to go. As Christopher Luxon announced an election date of November 7, a strip of the North Island was under siege from another bout of brutal weather. As the clean-up and recovery continues, and families and communities grieve the loss of nine lives, questions swirl around the response. In the first Gone By Lunchtime podcast for 2026, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire assess that response, and ask whether the bigger picture around climate adaptation and mitigation will filter through the forthcoming campaign. The year begins, meanwhile, with incessant geopolitical disorder emanating from the White House. As Mark Carney sets out his stall in compelling fashion at Davos, what does the Canadian prime minister’s “new world order” approach have in common with Christopher Luxon’s, where do they differ, and is New Zealand’s prime minister on an election-year collision course with a foreign minister set upon below-parapet foreign relations and flirting with the thought of quitting the World Health Organisation? Speaking of Winston Peters, his New Zealand First Party has enjoyed a bump in recent polling. Could they emulate the populist-nationalist trends in Australia and the UK and climb even further? Follow Gone By Lunchtime on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed, on Thursday, that Collins already had a new role lined up.
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