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Mark Dalder

Senior Political Reporter at Newsroom NZ, covering New Zealand politics, climate change, energy, and extremism from Parliament's Press Gallery.

Aug 13, 2026

4:40
Is there gonna be stability? Can Luxon get a stable government between now and November 7?
4:46
I, I think the question is less about stable government and more about stability within the National Party, and it's...
4:51
It...
4:52
This is not a position of strength that he's, he's emerging in.
4:55
It's, it's very much a position of weakness.
4:58
You, you don't hold this caucus meeting, and it doesn't run for three hours if it's Chris Penk alone who's a, an upstart challenger and, and, and Luxon swats him down.
5:06
Uh, you know, that's over in, in 30 or 45 minutes.

14 MINS LATER

19:24
Mark, after all this trauma, and boy there's been a lot, what does National have to do do you think to get back and on track and survive until November 7?

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