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New Zealand’s Luxon faces lawmakers as leadership speculation mounts
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[Source: Reuters]New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is set to face National Party lawmakers in Wellington after he called a meeting he said was to address increased speculation about his leadership months away from a general election.
Luxon, a former CEO of Air New Zealand, also told a business audience to “be adult” rather than look to the government for help.
If National were to replace Luxon as leader, he would also cease to be prime minister.
A governing party has not forced out a sitting New Zealand prime minister between elections since 1997.
New Zealand media have named Attorney-General, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chris Bishop and Education and Immigration Minister Erica Stanford as possible successors to Luxon.