Christopher Luxon

Food prices have increased by 8.3 percent over the past 12 months, the largest year on year rise since 2009.

The figures from Stats NZ show grocery prices were up 8.7 percent, while fruit and… Audio

Parliament sat for less than two hours this week, sending condolences to King Charles and giving itself an extension on its budget homework. Audio

National leader Christopher Luxon believes the government's plan to tackle youth crime fails to address sanctions for repeated offenders.

A new package has been unveiled to tackle youth crime… Audio

Children under 14 years old caught doing ram raids will be given intensive support to steer them away from crime, and towards study and work.

The move is part of a $53 million Government package… Audio

Our political commentators discuss the government's Kiwisaver tax u-turn, the cost of living payment, Luxon ruling out a Freedoms NZ coalition, and the Greens co-leadership. Gareth Hughes is a former… Audio

The National Party leader says plans to charge GST on KiwiSaver fees should be stopped.

The move is part of a new government bill imposing GST on financial services, and modelling suggests it could… Audio

A new political party has emerged on parliament's lawns.

About 2000 supporters of the Destiny Church-led Freedoms and Rights Coalition staged another anti-government rally at Parliament.

Its leader… Audio

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.