Christopher Luxon rules out National-Labour grand coalition

7 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 11

The New Zealand prime minister said his National Party would not govern with the main opposition Labour Party after the 7 November election.
His comments shut down speculation that the two big parties might join forces to avoid relying on smaller, more extreme coalition partners.
The statement clarifies coalition options ahead of the vote, where post-election bargaining is expected to shape the next government.

Has empowering smaller populist parties, instead of forming a grand coalition, fundamentally altered New Zealand's political landscape?

Switzerland's government is a permanent grand coalition. Why is this model of stability seen as a democratic threat in New Zealand?

With his government trailing in polls, was rejecting a grand coalition a fatal error that now threatens a one-term government?