Luxon and Bishop appear together at Lower Hutt, leave leadership tensions unaddressed

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Attorney-General Chris Bishop fronted a public meeting at Lower Hutt's Fraser Park Event Centre on Tuesday night, drawing about 250 people. Bishop praised Luxon as "the man in charge of National's plan" doing "an outstanding job." Luxon said of Bishop, "if you cut him, he bleeds the Hutt." The reported leadership tensions between them went unmentioned.