Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"I didn't challenge for the leadership"- That's the word from senior National MP Erica Stanford, who is emphasising she "categorically" supports the prime minister following a tumultuous leadership bid | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1

National Leader and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon survived a confidence vote in his leadership on Wednesday - his second in four months.

Stanford held an impromptu press conference at Wellington Airport on Sunday, her first media appearance since the leadership spill.

Full story: rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1011589/i-didn-t-challenge-for-the-leadership-erica-stanford-says-in-first-media-appearance-this-week