Hi ,
This week, the National Party has been consumed by its own internal fighting.
While they were busy arguing among themselves, Kiwis were dealing with extreme weather, a cost of living crisis, and a growing fuel crisis.
A party that can't manage itself is not fit to manage the country.
It has been 55 days since the United States attacked Iran. The ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has cut global fuel supply and sent prices soaring.
New Zealand’s supply, and the price we pay at the pump, depend on disruptions easing. Right now, there's no certainty that will happen.
It could be months before supply returns to normal. The risk of a shortage is real. And wherever I go, people are asking the same thing: what happens if there’s a shortage?
Christopher Luxon still doesn’t have an answer.
In Parliament on Tuesday, I asked him some simple questions:
Who is prioritised if there is a shortage?
How will those people get access to fuel?
What is required of fuel companies?
He couldn’t answer any of them.
For the tradie trying to get to the next job, the nurse driving to a night shift, the family filling up to get the kids to school - that's not good enough.
New Zealand needs straight answers about what the Government’s plan actually is, and I'll keep pushing until we get them.
Kiwis deserve better than a government too busy fighting itself to do its job.
Chris
