Face of the Day

> Christopher Luxon’s Cabinet reshuffle made two things very clear on Thursday. > > Firstly, that the Prime Minister doesn’t trust one of his most competent ministers enough to leave him in charge of his party’s election campaign. > > And secondly, he’s become aware New Zealand First and ACT are doing a better job of winning over the rural vote. > > Those two realisations resulted in Chris Bishop being unceremoniously dumped as campaign chair just seven months out from the election, and first-term MP – the relatively unknown Wairarapa farmer Mike Butterick – being thrust into a ministerial role. > > Luxon seemed surprised that his ditching Bishop for Simeon Brown as campaign chair would be a talking point. > > Asked for the rationale he pointed to the “workload” Bishop was under. > > RNZ Read More