One hīkoi, two haka, and the first year of the three-party coalition.

Today marks the first anniversary of a new type of governing arrangement: on November 27 2023, Christopher Luxon was sworn in as prime minister, leading a fully fledged three-party coalition combining National, Act and New Zealand First. The Spinoff’s own three-party podcast coalition, Ben Thomas, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Toby Manhire, gather to parse the prime minister’s sit-down interviews to mark the occasion, from the lessons to the communications to the big rocks and boiling of the ocean. How has he performed, is David Seymour right about the “disproportionate” impact Act has achieved and why is Winston Peter talking about being married to the Act leader?

Plus: last week witnessed a huge turnout as the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti arrived at parliament. What did that say about the state of Crown-Māori relations? And how abour those hāka that reverberated around the world, from Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi Clarke and TJ Perenera?

All that, a word on the introduction of the gang patch ban, and we pay tribute to former minister and MP for Auckland Central Nikki Kaye, who has died aged 44.

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