NZ Herald

A week later, all appears rather swiftly settled and the next big political question to be answered is: How will Prime Minister Chris Hipkins measure up against ...

Voters will be asked to choose between Labour’s business-as-usual or National’s business-as-it-used-to-be. Here then, we can see how this election will shape up. Christopher Luxon has wasted no time dwelling on the change. He attended Rātana Pā with an unusually politically-charged criticism of co-governance. He’s pledged the cost of living pressures will be his Government’s “absolute priority”, indicating he will steer the inevitable attacks and criticisms back to talk of the economy. Expect to hear Luxon’s “one person, one vote” mantra a lot in the coming months.