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The Prime Minister will be joined by Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Education Minister Erica Stanford. Source: 1News (Source: Other)

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is speaking to media from Auckland this afternoon.

He will be joined by Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Education Minister Erica Stanford.

Over the weekend, Willis spoke to Q+A about the 2026 Budget, which was released last week.

Today, it had also been revealed a document relating to the Smith v Fonterra legal case had been sent from a Fonterra staff member to the private email address of a former staffer in the Prime Minister's Office.

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