ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕋𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚

𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝔽𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕪𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕋𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚. ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕

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ational will not be going into coalition with Brian Tamaki's new umbrella party should it need a majority to rule in next year's general election. After government finance minister Grant Robertson's contribution to the General Debate yesterday

Christopher Luxon this morning unequivocally ruled out engaging with the fledgling Freedoms NZ coalition party that was announced in a mass demonstration on Parliament grounds last week.

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He told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking that as a new leader in a beltway game of ruling parties in and out he was not going to be presumptuous and talk about coalition arrangements when there was still a lot of work to do in the National Party.

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But to rule out any speculation that National would be interested in speaking with the anti-Government faction he ruled a line in the sand. In what seems like a defeat after Robertsons comments and request for him to rule out working with Tamaki after the election.

"What I've tried to say consistently is that I've got nothing in common with Tamaki. I think they're crazy, I don't think they're serious, I don't think they're going to make it and you saw that coalition fall apart if you read between the lines.

"If it helps Mike, I'm very happy to give you a Mike Hosking exclusive that I'll certainly rule out Tamaki and never work with him." Which is looking more and more like Luxon will, do and say anything to anyone, if the price is right.

He said talk of National and Tamaki joining forces was a distraction or "a squirrel" and if you were in the Labour Party you would want to create a distraction to try and deflect from issues facing Kiwis.

"These guys want anything, whether it's holidays in Honolulu or this kind of issue to distract and that's what's going on in order to stay in power."

Luxon wanted to focus on the big issues because New Zealand was in trouble with the economy falling apart, education going backwards, housing problems and crime rising.

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At the announcement of the new umbrella coalition, Tamaki said it would consist of the New Nation Party, Vision NZ and the Outdoors and Freedom Party. One of the parties was based in London and two had signed a memorandum of understanding.

However just a day later the Outdoors and Freedom Party said Tamaki had jumped the gun and that they were still discussing the issue as a party and had not come to a consensus about joining political forces.

Vision NZ was set up by Brian and Hannah Tamaki and contested the 2020 general election where it got just 0.1 per cent of the vote.

Will Christopher Luxon make a good Prime Minister if he needs instruction from others, including other party's suggestions?

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