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The Prime Minister is clarifying a six-figure redundancy payment to the resigning Kainga Ora CEO.\xa0

Christopher Luxon says it was not a decision made by the Government.\xa0

The public housing agency's chief executive Andrew McKenzie says he didn't sign up for an overhaul of Kainga Ora.\xa0

He's in for a payment of $365 thousand.\xa0

Luxon told Newstalk ZB\u2019s Mike Hosking that those arrangements sit with the chair Simon Mouttar, but he calls it an under-performing organisation. \xa0

He says they're refreshing the board.\xa0

Luxon said that he doesn't know the details of the redundancy, and doesn't want to, what he wants to know is that the organisation is starting to get better.

The Prime Minister has also pledged to address law and order during the Government\u2019s plan for the third quarter of this year, although he was often coy when asked about specific details of policies. \xa0

Luxon published his\xa0Government\u2019s plan for the third quarter on Monday. The plan covers the period from July to the end of September and included 40 \u201cactions\u201d across areas like the\xa0economy\xa0and\xa0climate change, but Luxon said law and order would be his priority.\xa0\xa0

\u201cThe Government I lead is one of action and we are already making meaningful changes that will keep Kiwis safe in their homes, workplaces and communities,\u201d Luxon said. The plan pledges the Government to giving\xa0police\xa0\u201ctough powers to go after\xa0gangs\xa0by restricting their ability to associate and banning gang patches in public\u201d and the power to \u201cget guns out of the hands of criminals\u201d.\xa0

While plans for a Government\u2019s first 100 days in office have become fairly common features of New Zealand politics, Luxon decided his Government would adopt a 100 day plan-style approach to its entire term of Government by publishing a plan each quarter of what \u201cactions\u201d the Government intends to tick off over the next three months.\xa0

Speaking to Newstalk ZB\u2019s Mike Hosking Breakfast, Luxon compared his progress throughout his time as Prime Minister to the many \u201ccorporate turnarounds\u201d he has accomplished in his career, although he acknowledged the difference between a business and a country.\xa0

\u201dI am just focused on the must-do stuff right now, that\u2019s what you to do when you are turning stuff around\u2026 we can plant those seeds now that we can benefit from down the road.\xa0

\u201dIf we don\u2019t do that, we are heading down a very dark road.\u201d\xa0

Other significant pledges include to publish New Zealand\u2019s second Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP), the first such plan published by this Government. ERPs are meant to set out how a Government meets its emissions budgets under the Zero Carbon Act.\xa0

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