Christopher Luxon

Five months in, how is the new National leader faring? Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire give their verdicts. Plus: the Rotorua representation bill, grounded kiwis and existential kiwifruit garnish Ardern’s trip abroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With National leader Christoper Luxon, Minsiter Wille Jackson and Megan Clement.

The gals have a really useful discussion to break down all the jargon politicians fling around about the cost of living - which is front and centre for us all right now. Are Christopher Luxon's tax cuts going to help with it? And did his State of the Nation Speech hit the mark? Covid is in there too, because we all know, it's like that annoying guest at the party who won't leave even after you run the vacuum cleaner over...

In today's episode of the Coast Catch Up, we get the low down on what happened on Sam's stag do over the weekend! National Party leader Christopher Luxon joins us for a chat & has a go at The Chasers quiz, and we have all you need to know about the Winter Olympics timetable this week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode of the Coast Catch Up, we get the low down on what happened on Sam's stag do over the weekend! National Party leader Christopher Luxon joins us for a chat & has a go at The Chasers quiz, and we have all you need to know about the Winter Olympics timetable this week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Party says the government's heading for some hard decisions on it's the controversial three waters reforms because of the huge opposition from councils.The plan on the table would shift control of drinking, waste and storm water infrastructure from 67 councils into four big regional water entities.The assets would be managed by entity boards with members appointed with input from the councils and would include Māori representation.The eight week consultation period ends this week and at some point councils will have to opt in or out.National Party local government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says the government should either change the law to force councils to join, or scrap the plan and start again.He spoke to Corin Dann.

National's accusing the government of scaring the public with projections of the future size of our waterbills.Local government minister Nanaia Mahuta yesterday announced she wants to create four new water entities to better distribute the gigantic cost of improving our water infrastructure. She claims that if the government doesn't do this, households could pay as much as $9,000 a year for water by 2050. Christopher Luxon, National's local government spokesperson, told Heather du Plessis-Allan that he's got serious reservation with the proposed models."I can't see how the scale benefits are going to be achieved by putting a whole bunch of unconnected towns together into a ribbon."LISTEN ABOVE

This episode is a bit different than the others. With the podcast picking up success, Denis decided to celebrate some milestones. As he always says, don’t forget to take a break and celebrate the little things.In this episode lies a mashup of some of the best moments in the first few episodes of the podcast. Please enjoy and join Denis in this memorable moment that would certainly leave a mark on the podcast’s journey. On this episode:A mashup of the “Who is Your Favorite Leader and Why?” segment of the podcast. Resources Mentioned:000: Introduction001: Christopher Luxon – Communicate and Connect with People002: Travis Chappell – Be Comfortable in the Uncomfortable004: Dr. Vince Molinaro – Accountable Leaders005: Tracie Ybarra – Good to Great to Outstanding Reach out to Denis:Email: denis@leadingchangepartners.comWebsite: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

Christopher Luxon "tested the waters" this week with his maiden speech in Parliament. The former Air New Zealand CEO turned Botany MP told Parliament: "It seems it has become acceptable to stereotype those who have a Christian faith in public life as being 'extreme', so I will say a little about my Christian faith."It has anchored me, given my life purpose and shaped my values – and it puts me in the context of something bigger than myself," he said.His faith had a strong influence on who he was and how he related to people."I see Jesus showing compassion, tolerance and care for others. He doesn't judge, discriminate or reject people. He loves unconditionally."Former Minister Peter Dunne told The Weekend Collective that Luxon handled the issue well in his speech. "In a way, that's a little bit of signalling to that evangelical Christian base in the National Party that he's one of them, while flagging to everyone else that he's not a threat." If it means that he is looking to make a go for National's leadership, Dunne says that his business experience will tell him not to make an attempt until he has the numbers."That means make sure you have the numbers in the caucus, and make sure you can win the election."He says that David Shearer and Don Brash are two examples of former party leaders who were promoted too early based on promise and crashed - so Luxon will need to get some experience under his belt first. LISTEN ABOVE

Christopher Luxon "tested the waters" this week with his maiden speech in Parliament. The former Air New Zealand CEO turned Botany MP told Parliament: "It seems it has become acceptable to stereotype those who have a Christian faith in public life as being 'extreme', so I will say a little about my Christian faith."It has anchored me, given my life purpose and shaped my values – and it puts me in the context of something bigger than myself," he said.His faith had a strong influence on who he was and how he related to people."I see Jesus showing compassion, tolerance and care for others. He doesn't judge, discriminate or reject people. He loves unconditionally."Former Minister Peter Dunne told The Weekend Collective that Luxon handled the issue well in his speech. "In a way, that's a little bit of signalling to that evangelical Christian base in the National Party that he's one of them, while flagging to everyone else that he's not a threat." If it means that he is looking to make a go for National's leadership, Dunne says that his business experience will tell him not to make an attempt until he has the numbers."That means make sure you have the numbers in the caucus, and make sure you can win the election."He says that David Shearer and Don Brash are two examples of former party leaders who were promoted too early based on promise and crashed - so Luxon will need to get some experience under his belt first. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.