New Zealand PM survives second leadership challenge ahead of election

Christopher Luxon says he has "full support" of his party, after a vote of confidence 12 weeks before a general election.

New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon Wins Party Confidence Vote

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the governing National Party has backed him to remain leader following a confidence vote.

By Ainsley Thomson

New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon wins confidence vote, surviving second challenge to leadership

Just a few months ahead of an election, the prime minister said he had the full support of his party, after calling crisis meeting to address leadership speculation New Zealand’s prime minister Christopher Luxon has survived a second leadership showdown in four months, just 87 days out from the country’s general election. Talking to media after a three-hour meeting of his MPs in Wellington on Wednesday, the embattled leader said he had the full support of his party. Continue reading...

By Eva Corlett in Wellington

New Zealand PM survives second challenge to leadership just weeks before general election

After a long meeting with his MPs, Christopher Luxon says the party is ‘united’ and ‘determined to win this election’

By Maroosha Muzaffar

New Zealand's ruling party meets to decide PM Luxon's fate

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's fate hung in the balance Wednesday as his ruling National Party met to decide whether he should stay on as leader with less than three months until a general election. Luxon has led New Zealand since 2023 but has been unable to reverse his party's slide in the polls and survived a confidence vote in April. He called the emergency meeting on Tuesday after media reported growing speculation that his leadership was no longer tenable. "It is my firm bel

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