At this week’s post-Cabinet press conference, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced that he will travel to India next week in an effort to advance a trade agreement. Meanwhile, Transport Minister Chris Bishop revealed that the government is opening registrations of interest for the first stage of the Northland Expressway at this week’s NZ Infrastructure Investment Summit.

Luxon then answered questions from the media regarding Andrew Bayly "taking some time out" to climb Mt. Everest after resigning as a minister, the challenges facing the school lunch program, and the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll, which shows Labour leader Chris Hipkins overtaking Luxon as the preferred Prime Minister. Regarding the poll results, Luxon stated that he has never been overly concerned with polling, adding, "Ultimately, New Zealand is going to judge me at the election in 2026."

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