About this episode

Christopher Luxon faced challenges this week due to his own actions and those of Winston Peters.

Christopher Luxon spent much of this week putting out fires of his own making. And others set by Winston Peters. RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch has more. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

People in this episode

Host: Craig McCulloch

Topics covered

• politics
• New Zealand
• Winston Peters
• Christopher Luxon
• current events

Keywords

• Christopher Luxon
• Winston Peters
• political fires
• RNZ
• New Zealand politics

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