There were some day one jitters but also the return of some theatre to parliament when National's new leader made his debut in the House.
After little more than a year in Parliament, Christopher Luxon squared off with Jacinda Ardern over her Government's Covid-19 response.
He thought it went fairly well.
Political commentators Brigitte Morten, a former senior advisor for the previous National-led government, and Ben Thomas, a former National Party press secretary, spoke to Susie Ferguson.
