{"id":554426,"date":"2026-08-01T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/554426\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:58:09","slug":"be-adult-prime-ministers-office-hits-back-at-mischaracterisation-of-his-comments-to-business-owners-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/554426\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Be adult\u2019: Prime Minister\u2019s Office hits back at \u2018mischaracterisation\u2019 of his comments to business owners &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxNbkxXV3QyNzRaempTb3AzZFpVblVseVJTOGxUbl9DWXhIZzByd0VnNlFEWjRXd1c2STRiRi1TTGg1VG1GcnZLZzVWUExPS3o2V2NfNkFjOWRjdUNkanRtUTBDTU1mTVY3bUVoMXBuS3ZpRnNZaklTMVloZWt4bWJyUnR6RklXMDFRcHFkbzdVd2JZSE95SVNXdFlNc1Nlc3Nmb1NJdDd0WV9Jd3NPemprMERnc3IxVkxSY0NTV0UxSjNybWdGWHBVemJENTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Be adult\u2019: Prime Minister\u2019s Office hits back at \u2018mischaracterisation\u2019 of his comments to business owners<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxPRXJWY2FTWDZDVXliM2JfcHlvTEs3YkFWa1owU3UzRXkwcjl0dGRuMFpFdmZ3NWFuVUFSWDJJZ3BLRGE5VnQ0cEY3Sk9mZVVaMksxRTd1MUVjc0lWeFFvU3JjTmxXbXJpeXhYVHRDQWprUHhoMFAxc3R0UUV5WTQ0X0ZLTHdodHlfc293WHFPN2VkMGo5SVIzZUdfNS1lY3lvZ296Z2NHakJWaW9qbU02RW9xMEk3bk4welVMbUl6T0tPNE5vakJPZHdFeXFDX2VFdURPYzlhRFBmNElkWlY4aks4a3Rwamc1TFRB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Parent-child mentality&#8217;: Luxon tells worried business owners to start acting like &#8216;adults&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNMVlra1RCXzVLcFU4YXljWktQR0lvTDdwNDU4cnZEZ2N5SmtDZC1vN0FyRVZ6bi1iN1BtQjlEd1NLamVQVFU5Z0xFZVNHR2dmZ2RyT2RjbTFuOEs3ekY5WXhncnAzMzVENTdqWFRKT0VsUms3TkJIYWowRklTYWpSWGdUT3BDYzVuNVZ5TXFIbXFuU2tieEdRbFNOQmZ6MDhVX2toTWhVR3doOG9DUTEwakUzZGtrQmdPTWRUUkNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sometimes it\u2019s worse when our prime minister does actually make himself clear<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Spinoff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNZ3pHWGdpcEhkY3Q0cVVfSU1JYVYtVV9IemI5MUpaQXk3dno4VUNvbjhWZkhzbDQ5RHVjeTB1eDdPWFJTQkFrWlEzX0QtYjNyTE5VR0gzdTBEX1M5NmVSZGRueU50aGljVGtHaktFeHF4UjRqTUpUQnpUMmplYmNqRlNsSTNvUmFxcU56LTZXWnRTbXhNYV9UelI5SzhvYlpiX2RMbThnVVlSUWVNOGlHZGpiZ2pkTlFTTHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patronising or mischaracterisation? You be the judge of PM\u2019s criticism of NZ business<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thepost.co.nz<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOQmxtaXM0bEhoaFRkQ2kwS1VrZGJNcWFUZHN1R09veXlFWXZGOWo5YXVKNFlia3lsZE1hV0J0U0FrX2ZCalJMQWlUWk9CTTA3aHczRUJiRThhYkdqeGlFSi1sVlhSSjNrU2Z5WXZBTHp4a1ZnbDdOaVA3T3NNd25hc2lSSnpnRXVtY05udmdlOXZoTjNJZ3ZHMUw0b0Eya2N1aVZ6a1lhRTNIVU9rNERr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Labour lashes Luxon for saying NZ business has \u2018parent-child mentality\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thepost.co.nz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Be adult\u2019: Prime Minister\u2019s Office hits back at \u2018mischaracterisation\u2019 of his comments to business owners&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff&#8216;Parent-child mentality&#8217;: Luxon tells&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-554426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}