New Zealand's New PM Luxon Unveils Controversial 100-Day Plan

The plan includes banning cellphones in schools, repealing tobacco controls, and changing the central bank's mandate.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has outlined a 49-point action plan for his first 100 days in office, including controversial measures such as banning cellphone use in schools and repealing tobacco controls.
The plan also includes a law to narrow the central bank's mandate to focus solely on inflation, changing its current dual focus on low inflation and high employment.
Many of the actions involve repealing initiatives from the previous liberal government, including a plan to double renewable energy production.
Critics argue that the repeal of tobacco restrictions, which include requirements for low nicotine levels in cigarettes, fewer retailers and a lifetime ban for youth, is a setback for public health and a win for the tobacco industry.
Other contentious plans include disbanding the Māori Health Authority, which has been criticized as being racist against Indigenous people.