Having Walked Out of NZ at its Most Crucial Time when the Treaty Principles Bill was debated, PM Luxon visits the Vatican Palace, Buckingham Palace, and Sultan's Palaces in Istanbul

The Kiwi Prime Minister says he wants NZ's economy to grow. It got ranked near bottom of the world this week by the IMF in terms of real GDP growth. On the back of the uncertainty due to tariffs that is shaving around 0.5% off most country's project economic growth rates, the National Party may be the first in NZ history to preside over an economy that is mired in stagnation during its entire three year term of office. Last year it shrank by 1.1%. Whilst part of the reason for the slow-down continuing may now be overseas tariff-related events, the main reason holding back investment in NZ is because we can't be sure anymore our Parliament has sovereign powers. That kind of uncertainty would bring any economy to a halt. How do we know it exists? Because PM Luxon threw ACT's Treaty Principles Bill under a bus and its first clause was, "The Government of NZ has full power to govern & Parliament has full power to make laws". Should Luxon not have liked the other two clauses, why not pass an amended Bill that made that one statement? It was beneath Luxon to even debate the point. No, he prefers schmoozing with King Charles in Buckingham Palace, scheming with the UK Labour Prime Minister against the US, doing a side-trip to the Pope's service in the Vatican Palace, and visiting Turkey to fly around the Sultan's Palaces in Istanbul on a magic carpet. All to shift "the narrative" away from the Treaty. Apparently our PM thinks the Treaty has nothing to do with economic growth. Good luck with that hypothesis.