Luxon says repeated phrases from 2023 Waitangi speech were 'deliberate' | TVNZ Breakfast
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has defended the close — and, in some places, word-for-word — similarities between his Waitangi speeches last year and this year.
Keen-eared viewers noticed some segments in Monday's speech, when the Government were welcomed, appeared to be repeated verbatim from then-Leader of the Opposition Luxon's 2023 speech.
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