Labour's Hipkins says Luxon called his own MPs 'middle managers' — but has no proof

In Parliament, Labour leader Chris Hipkins said Prime Minister Christopher Luxon privately told Auckland businesspeople his own MPs were "no better than a bunch of Air New Zealand middle managers." Hipkins admitted he had no proof — just a second-hand story from "a couple of years ago." Luxon called it "ridiculous" and said, "It's not something I would say."