The Prime Minister says the argument for stopping bootcamps is ridiculous.

Police found two bootcamp teens who'd absconded when they responded to an alleged carjacking in Hamilton over the weekend.

One evaded Oranga Tamariki staff at the tangi of another participant who'd died in a crash and fled.

Christopher Luxon told Heather du Plessis-Allan it's a defeatist and negative mindset to throw the towel in now.

He says they're trying to change the life of even one of the 10 teens, one where they don't go down a path of gang life, violence, jail time, and welfare dependency.

Luxon’s given his assurance new Cook Strait ferries will be cheaper than previous plans.

The Government's expected to announce the future of Interislander’s fleet this week, a year after cancelling the previous government's project, citing cost blowouts.

Luxon told du Plessis-Allan that despite confirming it wouldn't be $3 billion, he can't give any detail on the looming announcement.

He says like a number of initiatives under the last Government, the previous ferry project started at one billion but ballooned to $3.2 billion.

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