New Zealand First’s Winston Peters didn’t show up in Wellington for what appeared to be the first planned three-way meeting between the party leaders.
Luxon and ACT leader David Seymour gave the clear impression early in the day that the meeting was on the agenda.
There was no explanation on the day for Peter’s absence. His party’s MPs were meeting in the capital for a “solidarity meeting”, according to Peters’ de facto deputy Shane Jones, and Peters missed that as well.
I wonder if this would have been considered a “power play” in a different century.