07-03-2024, 04:32 PM
For two night over xmas, Luxon stayed in Premier house.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/...5e3a&ei=12
Newshub's Jenna Lynch says the Prime Minister is facing a "massive perception problem" after it emerged he stayed two nights in Premier House over Christmas.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been very vocal about the fact he can't live in Premier House because it needs tens of millions of dollars of repairs.
Heritage NZ has backed up the Prime Minister's claims saying the building is in a dishevelled state partly as a result of the multiple purposes it serves.
But on Thursday morning Stuff revealed Luxon spent two nights at Premier House over Christmas last year. It was previously reported that he hosted his extended family for festive celebrations.
This has led to questions about whether Premier House is really unlivable.
The last Prime Minister to live there full time was Dame Jacinda Ardern and she brought up her baby daughter Neve there.
Newshub Political Editor Jenna Lynch joined AM on Thursday morning and told the show Luxon's reasoning behind not living there doesn't add up.
"The Prime Minister has been telling us that he doesn't want to live in this place because it is uninhabitable, because it is under construction, because it needs significant repair. However, it seems it was good enough to host his family Christmas there," Lynch told AM co-host Lloyd Burr.
Luxon has also faced scrutiny for originally deciding to claim a $52,000-a-year allowance to live in his own mortgage-free apartment.
Last Friday, he fiercely defended it, saying he was entitled to it as an MP who didn't usually live in Wellington. But the public backlash was so swift and strong that he climbed down within a couple of hours, acknowledging it was "becoming a distraction".
Lynch told AM this whole saga has left the Prime Minister with a lot of questions to answer.
"Christopher Luxon has a massive perception problem around this thing," she said. "
"If it's good enough for Jacinda Ardern and her toddler to live in, it was good enough for John Key to live in, it is not good enough for Christopher Luxon to live in and the question is why?"
Newshub has previously asked to film inside Premier House to see how a proposed renovation budgeted at tens of millions of dollars was justified.
But the Prime Minister refused to allow cameras inside, citing security concerns. "
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/...5e3a&ei=12
Newshub's Jenna Lynch says the Prime Minister is facing a "massive perception problem" after it emerged he stayed two nights in Premier House over Christmas.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been very vocal about the fact he can't live in Premier House because it needs tens of millions of dollars of repairs.
Heritage NZ has backed up the Prime Minister's claims saying the building is in a dishevelled state partly as a result of the multiple purposes it serves.
But on Thursday morning Stuff revealed Luxon spent two nights at Premier House over Christmas last year. It was previously reported that he hosted his extended family for festive celebrations.
This has led to questions about whether Premier House is really unlivable.
The last Prime Minister to live there full time was Dame Jacinda Ardern and she brought up her baby daughter Neve there.
Newshub Political Editor Jenna Lynch joined AM on Thursday morning and told the show Luxon's reasoning behind not living there doesn't add up.
"The Prime Minister has been telling us that he doesn't want to live in this place because it is uninhabitable, because it is under construction, because it needs significant repair. However, it seems it was good enough to host his family Christmas there," Lynch told AM co-host Lloyd Burr.
Luxon has also faced scrutiny for originally deciding to claim a $52,000-a-year allowance to live in his own mortgage-free apartment.
Last Friday, he fiercely defended it, saying he was entitled to it as an MP who didn't usually live in Wellington. But the public backlash was so swift and strong that he climbed down within a couple of hours, acknowledging it was "becoming a distraction".
Lynch told AM this whole saga has left the Prime Minister with a lot of questions to answer.
"Christopher Luxon has a massive perception problem around this thing," she said. "
"If it's good enough for Jacinda Ardern and her toddler to live in, it was good enough for John Key to live in, it is not good enough for Christopher Luxon to live in and the question is why?"
Newshub has previously asked to film inside Premier House to see how a proposed renovation budgeted at tens of millions of dollars was justified.
But the Prime Minister refused to allow cameras inside, citing security concerns. "
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)