National Party leader Chris Luxon made an announcement saying that the party plans to introduce military academies aimed at young offenders.

Chris Luxon observed that Labour's "soft on crime" approach was failing, and that these stricter measures would stop young criminals from doing further damage.

This plan has been viewed as controversial, and political editor Barry Soper says that people are sick of the endless ram raids and youth crime in the country, and that it has made people overlook the inefficiencies of this plan.

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