1 Dec 2021

Nicola Willis on promotion to deputy leader

From Morning Report, 8:12 am on 1 December 2021

The biggest surprise in the changing of the National Party guard may have been the new deputy leader, with some observers having thought an accommodation with Simon Bridges was on the cards.

In his first speech as leader, however, Luxon said Nicola Willis - a former Fonterra figure and two-term List MP - was exactly the "fresh face for a revistalised National" that the country needs.

So, what's the plan now and how does the road ahead look?

Willis spoke to Corin Dann.