Audrey Young, Senior Political Correspondent at the New Zealand Herald based at Parliament, specialises in writing about politics and power. This is a transcript of the Premium Politics newsletter. To ...

Just three years after coming into Parliament, Christopher Luxon became Prime Minister. It was a meteoric rise. In an end-of-year interview with NBR, Luxon takes pride in his business background and ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will spend Waitangi Day at Ōnuku Marae in Akaroa with Ngāi Tahu. Luxon announced late last year that he wouldn’t attend annual celebrations in Waitangi ...

Research shows the state care system continues to traumatise young people, especially Māori. Without real change, survivors believe today’s apology will ring hollow.

Research shows the state care system continues to traumatise young people, especially Māori. Without real change, survivors believe today’s apology will ring hollow.

But Christopher Luxon’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week will be the first time since 2015 that a New Zealand prime minister has embarked on a visit to the Middle East itself.

In his statement to Parliament, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has reiterated that the Government will be relentlessly focused on economic growth this year. In the annual Prime Minister’s Statement, ...