Five weeks out, The Detail sits down with two political journos to look at who's safe, who's vulnerable, and who's set to lose their job. My latest podcast for @TheDetailNZ @GuyonEspiner @Tim_Watkin 'Very, very tight race' puts election on a knife edge newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/01/ve…

Don't really understand why Brock Purdy doesn't get more love. Our QB model rating him so highly feels like a hot take, but he's just incredibly efficient on a game-by-game basis.

Luxon & Hipkins in a 'bit of a death spiral'. With less than 2 months to go until the election, I sit down with 2 political journalists to talk polls, policies & whether the leaders of the big parties will survive @TheDetailNZ @NewsroomNZ @Tim_Watkin newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/10/lu…

It is clear from various media reports and conversations there is increased speculation about my leadership.   It is my firm belief that division and disunity are a major distraction only 90 days out from the election. I also believe this distraction is unfair to the New Zealand people, and dedicated National Party candidates, supporters and volunteers, when there is so much at stake.   For these reasons, this issue needs to be resolved quickly, and I am calling an urgent in-person Caucus meeting tomorrow at 9:30am in Wellington to resolve the issue.