Luxon apologises for Rotorua remarks — mayor says he didn't need to

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon apologised after telling Rotorua businesses they had a "parent-child mentality." "I got that wrong," he said. Rotorua mayor Tania Tapsell, a former National MP not at the event, said he needn't apologise: "The country needs leaders who tell the truth." Chamber president Paul Ingram, who attended, wanted "genuine reflection behind it."