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New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon survives party leadership vote months before election
Luxon said the secret ballot backed his leadership as National faces weak polling and election-year pressure.
- On Tuesday, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon secured his leadership after passing a formal confidence vote among his party's lawmakers at Parliament in Wellington.
- Recent polling showed National crashing to 30 percent, seven points behind Labour, prompting leadership speculation amid a weakening economy ahead of the November 7 election.
- Luxon blamed leaks on a "small handful of dissatisfied MPs," suggesting only five individuals were frustrated while insisting his caucus of 49 remained "absolutely rock solid."
- Senior National MP Mark Mitchell warned that infighting damages the party's election prospects, while Cabinet minister Chris Penk stated the ideal number of disloyal lawmakers is zero.
- ACT leader and deputy prime minister David Seymour dismissed the leadership talk as "mindless media speculation," even as the party faces polling showing 20.7 percent preference for opposition leader Chris Hipkins.
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