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    Ardern redux

    Dec 05, 2021 4 minutes
    JANE CLIFTON

    Already Christopher Luxon has broken the mould – or has at least given it a serious bashing. To take it from National’s new leader, he spent the few days up till his election not in the time-honoured leadership-contest frenzy of horse-trading, wheedling and bullying, but in putting the caucus through a sort of family group conference.

    He’d concentrated, he said, on “how we break this pattern of behaviour”. Like a frustrated parent of delinquents, he ordained no more toys or outings, confiscated the car keys and mandated time out for intensive policy homework. MPs would have to meet his “higher expectations” before he

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