A senior National Minister has counter-attacked over criticism the Prime Minister's Waitangi speech reused lines from last year. 

Christopher Luxon says it was deliberate; he wanted consistency in his message, particularly given some of the misunderstanding around the treaty.  

National's Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking that some of the things he said, he will say again next year because they need reinforcing. 

He says it shows how little people have got when they start attacking Luxon because he repeated some lines, and they haven't stopped to consider they're things he feels are important. 

On the other hand, Labour’s Ginny Andersen said that part of being at Waitangi is listening and responding to what's currently happening. 

She said that repeating and recycling the same speech doesn’t demonstrate that Luxon is doing that.

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