Luxon doubles down on failing strategy

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey · Jul 28, 2025 · 9m

Briefly for all subscribers, the key things to know from Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Tuesday, July 29 are:

* Speaking on the first anniversary of tax cuts mostly received by owners of multiple homes, PM Christopher Luxon spent half an hour defending his Government’s record on cost of living, economic growth and homelessness at his post-cabinet news conference last night. He was asked if he was being defensive after fresh figures yesterday showed 27,850 jobs were lost in the last year, including 12,169 construction jobs and 12,140 jobs held by 15-19…