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NZ Herald Headlines | Monday March 9, 2026
Afternoon Headlines | Iran's new supreme leader chosen and Christopher Luxon doubles down on denying resignation rumours | Monday March 9, 2026
Luxon says 'hand on heart' he'll lead National to election, but fresh poll results show preferred options
Last week's poll showed National on track for one of its worst-ever election results.
Will Luxon ever resign?
Political editor, Thomas Coughlan reveals what's next for National. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY
Christopher Luxon in the studio with Mike Hosking
Christopher Luxon in the studio with Mike Hosking. Video / Newstalk ZB
Letters: Could Winston Peters be the Prime Minister NZ needs?
OPINION: New Zealand's petroleum products supply chain is more diverse, a reader argues.
'No-brainer': Helen Clark says response to Iran war should have matched her stance on Iraq
The former PM criticised Christopher Luxon's handling of the Govt's response to the war.
Liam Dann: Iran conflict could sink economic recovery ... and Luxon
A badly timed supply shock threatens to spike inflation and sink our fragile recovery.
NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Saturday, March 7, 2026
NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Saturday, March 7, 2026. The US continues the devastate the Middle East with endless bombings. Endurance athletes prepare in Motatapu and Christchurch
Fran O’Sullivan: Iran crisis and Trump’s tariffs leave little room for NZ to breathe
OPINION: Any prolonged Iran conflict risks higher oil prices and NZ export disruption.
Thomas Coughlan: After the Government's horror week, things are about to get a whole lot worse
OPINION: This weekend is the most precarious for Luxon since he became National leader.
'Absolutely not': Christopher Luxon defends his position as Prime Minister
Christopher Luxon defends his position as Prime Minister on Newstalk ZB's Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive show.
How the latest poll puts Luxon and National under real pressure
Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori now edge the right bloc on these numbers.
National plunges to lowest poll as governing party in decades
NZ Herald political editor, Thomas Coughlan, is on The Front Page to break down what the numbers mean, and who could be on the chopping block.
Inside the day the question of Luxon’s exit moved from ‘if’ and closer to ‘when’
ANALYSIS: National MPs have gone to ground amid fevered rumours.
'Absolutely not': Luxon rubbishes talk of resignation after brutal poll for National
It is the National Party's worst poll result since November 2021.
National sinks to lowest result in four years in new poll
Friday’s poll was the worst result for National in the Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll since 2021, the year the poll began. The next worst was 29.6%, which it received last year.
'I am not happy with that number': Willis reacts to National's dire new poll
The poor rating follows weeks of criticism of Christopher Luxon’s leadership.
Matthew Hooton: Luxon's leadership now a problem for the whole country
Luxon's Iran remarks left him unable to explain New Zealand's official stance.
Audrey Young: Winston Peters can't resist crack at PM over Iran fumble
OPINION: 'Why didn't you call [me], then no one will have misspoken?'
Richard Prebble: Affordability politics – what Luxon, Hipkins and Seymour's speeches really told voters
OPINION: Christopher Luxon offered 37 initiatives but little sense of priority or empathy.
PM, Immigration Minister questioned over visas amid Middle East conflict
The Prime Minister has had to clarify his comments in Parliament. Video / Mark Mitchell
Watch: Luxon returns to Parliament at night to correct answer on Middle East – Greens say he mucked up again
'The Prime Minister just doesn't seem to know what is going on,' Chlöe Swarbrick said.
Christopher Luxon has to return to Parliament to correct an answer
The PM made a personal explanation of an answer he gave on visa extensions during the Middle East conflict.
‘New circumstances’: Winston Peters hits back over questions of legality of attacks on Iran
The Foreign Minister says international experts should decide if strikes were legal.
Christopher Luxon's Clare Curran moment
The Prime Minister was flummoxed at his post cabinet press conference. Video / NZ Herald / Parliament TV
Former minister Bayly won't contest electorate again, seeks list-only position
Bayly resigned as a minister early last year.
'I misspoke': Luxon walks back comments on Iran strikes by US and Israel
The Prime Minister clarified comments he made in Monday's post-Cabinet press conference.
PM Christopher Luxon walks back comment on Iran
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he misspoke at Monday's post-Cabinet press conference when discussing action on Iran. Video / Mark Mitchell
Christopher Luxon says NZ not 'best placed' to make call on legality of US, Israel attacks
'We weren't proxy or party to these attacks.'