{"id":18678,"date":"2024-11-24T17:35:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T17:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18678"},"modified":"2024-11-24T17:35:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T17:35:43","slug":"prime-minister-christopher-luxon-on-why-coalition-of-chaos-defied-the-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18678","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on why \u2018coalition of chaos\u2019 defied the critics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Labour then used his own attack against him as it became evident National and Act would need NZ First\u2019s support to take power despite both Luxon and David Seymour repeatedly expressing their reluctance to work with Winston Peters.<\/p>\n

Commentators and Opposition MPs pointed to Luxon\u2019s relative inexperience<\/a> as a politician and questioned his ability to manage Seymour and Peters, who had traded barbs publicly<\/a> for years before the 2023 vote.<\/p>\n

But 12 months on from the signing of coalition agreements, Luxon believes his Government has defied the critics.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was a lot of scepticism, I suspect, about a three-party coalition Government and how would it all work and the personalities and the players,\u201d he tells the Herald<\/i> from the Beehive\u2019s ninth floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut actually, I\u2019m really pleased at how coherent that has been and the way that we are working together on the inside has been very good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in his Beehive office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n