Craig McCulloch
Deputy Political Editor at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)
Deputy Political Editor at @RadioNZ. Based at Parliament's Press Gallery.
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1 week ago |
rnz.co.nz | Craig McCulloch
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has flatly ruled out entertaining another iteration of the Treaty Principles Bill, a day after it was defeated in Parliament. It comes as ACT leader David Seymour vows to keep fighting the cause after the contentious legislation was voted down - with just his party's 11 votes in support. Speaking to reporters in Hamilton on Friday afternoon, Luxon acknowledged the "very tumultuous period" and said it was time to put it behind them.
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2 weeks ago |
rnz.co.nz | Craig McCulloch
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has made his strongest condemnation yet of US President Donald Trump's tariffs, denouncing a shift away from agreed rules and the risk of a global trade war. Luxon delivered the prepared remarks to reporters, before heading into a caucus meeting at Parliament on Tuesday morning, warning of the potential fallout from a "profound shift in the global economic landscape".
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3 weeks ago |
rnz.co.nz | Craig McCulloch
National, ACT and NZ First would be able to form a government, but Labour is nipping at their heels, a new RNZ-Reid Research Poll shows .
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3 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Craig McCulloch
The NZ First, National and Act coalition is holding on to a slim lead, according to the lastest political poll. By Craig McCulloch, RNZThe new RNZ-Reid Research Poll shows the political race has tightened since the election, but the coalition parties are still clinging on to a slim lead. If replicated in a general election, the result would return National, Act and NZ First to power with 62 seats out of 120, down from their existing 67 of 123.
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1 month ago |
rnz.co.nz | Craig McCulloch
Christopher Luxon has concluded his first trip to India since becoming prime minister, a visit which saw the restart of trade talks, the tightening of defence ties, and more than a spot of cricket. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch pulls back the curtain on the nature of prime ministerial travel. Bleary-eyed travellers arrive at Whenuapai Airbase base in the twilight hours of Saturday, bags in tow, ready for the first leg of their journey to Delhi.
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Sucker for punishment? Keen to relive the 2024 political year in a compact 16 minutes? May I recommend my 2024 retrospective? From shoplifting to ship shambles, tax cuts to tantrums, waka-jumping to haka-thumping-and-grumping. https://t.co/1z6hFjHw5y
I see that Luxon, like Mark Mitchell before, has called out the media for describing the government's "military-style academies" as "boot camps". Just going to leave this social media post here, published by Luxon during last year's election campaign. https://t.co/IaMMgkDtqi
