Source: Radio New Zealand
Finance minster Nicola Willis is joining Christopher Luxon at the weekly post-Cabinet media conference, with an update on the economy. But attention is likely to fall on the Prime Minister with questions about his leadership, the polls and Iran.
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The prime minister is facing disastrous poll numbers, while also dealing with global issues, as missiles continue to tear through Middle Eastern skies.
Pressure is mounting on the Christopher Luxon with a poll result last week putting National in the 20s.
Listen to the PM’s appearance on Morning Report here:
Luxon batted away questions last week about stepping down as party leader following the latest Taxpayers’ Union Curia poll that had National on 28.4 – down nearly 3 points from its poll last month.
Luxon said on Friday evening none of his Cabinet colleagues had told him to reconsider his future, saying “all of them” back him.
He said he was “absolutely not” considering standing down and said he had the skills to lead the National Party and the country.
Luxon also made a personal explanation in the House on Tuesday night, after he stated incorrectly the government was automatically extending visas for people in New Zealand affected by the war in Iran.
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