8 Dec 2021

Luxon's Question Time debut not the standoff some predicted

From Morning Report, 6:41 am on 8 December 2021

National's new leader has made his debut in the House but it was hardly the stand-off political punters had predicted.

After just 400 days in Parliament, Christopher Luxon squared off with the Prime Minister over her Government's Covid-19 response.

The dust had only just settled on the stand-off when Labour and National joined forces on the second reading of housing density legislation.

Political reporter Anneke Smith reports.