Opposition leader fills town hall

National Party leader Christopher Luxon encapsulated his party’s priorities for the October election under three headings when he spoke at the Warkworth Town Hall this morning – economy, law and order, and health and education.

Addressing a packed house, Mr Luxon said NZ had all the fundamentals in place and there was no excuse why the country could not do well over the years to come.

Predictably, he criticised the government over its handling of the economy, which he said had seen debt soar from $5 billion in 2019 to $73 billion this year, and was expected to rise to $95 billion over t...