Christopher Luxon

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is standing by his party's opposition to the so-called "waka jumping" legislation, which allows the Speaker to remove MPs who have left their party.

Labour's… Audio

A couple of MPs this week unexpectedly got to run the show from the big chair, because Parliament’s debating chamber can’t function without a chairperson presiding.  Audio

In the week after a big party conference you might expect that the themes raised in Parliament would often match the talking points from that event. You would be right. Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the media copping flak for how they handled MP Sam Uffindell's past misdeeds, a pair of great documentaries on student life -… Audio

National MP Sam Uffindell has been stood down from the party's caucus while an investigation is carried out into further allegations of bullying raised by RNZ.

A woman who flatted with the Tauranga… Audio

The National party leader Christopher Luxon has just fronted media over the revelations about the Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell. Sam Uffindell was kicked out of Auckland's King's College when he was 16… Audio

A National Government will take what it says is a new approach to reducing benefit dependency among young people.

The National Party are particularly keen to do something about the 13,000 under… Audio

The National Party leader has joined the long list of satirical political puppets at The Backbencher. Bryce Curtis is the puppet maker - he tells us who has been the trickiest of all the political… Audio

The National Party leader Christopher Luxon says the Cost of Living payment is a shambles.

The first of three payments was made to people this week, including to some New Zealanders living overseas. 

National supports closing a political donations loophole, but wants it dealt with separately to legislation already before Parliament.

Cabinet will today consider recommendations about a technicality… Audio

It was an eventful first day back at Parliament for National Party leader Christopher Luxon after the winter recess.

On Thursday last week, it was thought Luxon was in Te Puke, as it turns out, he… Audio

The National Party leader is continuing to defend himself for comments made overseas suggesting New Zealand businesses were getting 'soft'.

Christopher Luxon made the comment while in the UK, he also… Audio

The National Party says the Government must act quickly to allow immigrant nurses to fill the shortfall of jobs within the health sector.

The party's deputy leader says the health sector is in need… Audio

Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have the same legal or political set-up, let alone its religious cleavages and cultural… Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan Crump about the lessons ZB's Kate Hawkesby learned from a bad bout of Covid - and National leader Christopher Luxon squirming under the… Audio