Christopher Luxon has brushed off criticism of National using crimes from its own term in an anti-Labour ad, saying the focus should be on falling crime figures.

'He launched a leadership challenge': Luxon sacks Defence Minister Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has sacked Chris Penk as a minister, alleging he launched the "leadership challenge" that led to tod...

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“I did not do this lightly, but I can no longer reconcile what I read in the Herald this week with the values I believe New Zealand stands for,” says Ian Taylor.

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The ruling coalition could cling to power, but by only the slimmest of margins, with NZ First again positioned as kingmaker.

A spokeswoman for Fire and Emergency said the department 'does not condone the behaviour'.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been invited to join the new organisation, saying last week he would give it "due consideration" and on Tuesday confirming it was still a possibility.

Move over boardroom executives, it’s time to hear what the blue collar workers think of the government, its leaders, and opposition MPs.

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Labour said the hotline was officially one of the Government's "most absurd wastes of public money".

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National is also up in the Talbot Mills/Anacta poll.

Updated gender affirming healthcare guidelines were due out in March but remain on hold.

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