Luxon has his snout in the trough.

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And as soon as it hits the media he reverses his position...

I suspect that someone with more understanding of the potential political fallout that was accumulating from Luxon's attitude had a word in his ear.

Also worth noting that it seems to have been Newshub that put a lot of effort into reporting this issue and as they have pretty much have nothing to lose over the next few months we may well see some more skeletons dragged into the public arena. Pass the popcorn