And somehow, "unlivable" was acceptable...

[Lilith7]

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. "

[dken31]

Staying somewhere for two nights while on holiday doesn't prove anything. I've happily stayed for a few nights at a time in some very old run-down baches, and they were fine for a few nights but would have been awful to have to live in them long-term.

But he's definitely been pretty tone deaf about the whole thing regardless of whether or not he was justified in claiming what he claimed/choosing not to live in Premier House.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Agreed. But I suspect he lacks political empathy. It is a learned skill.

[zqwerty]

He is commanding a regime and is making his own rules as he sees fit.

[dken31]

He's not making his own rules as he sees fit though is he. His claiming of the subsidy was compliant with rules that were already in place long before he was voted in, as is his decision not to live at Premier House.

What this all shows is that "but it's not illegal" isn't necessarily valid justification for a chosen course of action.

[Lilith7]

He's not making his own rules as he sees fit though is he. His claiming of the subsidy was compliant with rules that were already in place long before he was voted in, as is his decision not to live at Premier House.

What this all shows is that "but it's not illegal" isn't necessarily valid justification for a chosen course of action.

And nor is blatant greed valid justification for claiming the subsidy in the first place. He at least had the sense to quickly reverse once he was made aware of reaction to it.

[zqwerty]

He is making money by saying that he has to stay in his own house because Premier House is unlivable and so he can't get the rent that he would get if he wasn't living in his own house, outright corruption in my book.

Wheeling and dealing like a petty crook.

Making his own rules is the least of it, this man is not fit to run a corporation let alone a country.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

More ammunition for those saying individuals should not hoard residential properties...

[C_T_Russell]

Whoop de do, 2 nights over Xmas.
I'm sure he perfers his own apartment.

[zqwerty]

C_T_Russell, you haven't understood what is being said, read it all again please and try to comprehend.

He is staying in his own place most of the time but wants money because he can no longer rent out his own place since he is in it, sounds like a Trump grift.

[grift
/ɡrɪft/
informal•North American

verb: grift; 3rd person present: grifts; past tense: grifted; past participle: grifted; gerund or present participle: grifting

engage in petty or small-scale swindling.
"how long have you been grifting?"]

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Sounds like? It is a trumpish grift. Straight out of his playbook.

[Praktica]

Tadaaa....https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/l...V73HI254U/

[Lilith7]

Tadaaa....https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/l...V73HI254U/

HOW the hell can NZF be up....??


"Those results would give National 48 seats, down one, and Labour 32 seats, down two, when compared to the last Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll.

The Greens would have 15 seats, up 4, and Act would have 13 seats, down four, when compared to the last poll.
NZ First would have nine seats, up three, and Te Pāti Māori would be unchanged on six seats, provided it held its electorates."