New Zealand elects conservative Christopher Luxon as premier after 6 years of liberal rule
LA TimesNew Zealand National Party leader and Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon speaks to supporters at a party event in Auckland on Saturday. Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday. Supporters chanted his campaign slogan, which promised to get the country “back on track.” Outgoing Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who spent just nine months in the top job after taking over from Ardern in January, told supporters at an event in Wellington late Saturday he had called Luxon to concede. “And we are going to restore law and order, and we are going to restore personal responsibility.” Luxon also got cheers when he promised to fix the capital’s gridlocked traffic with a new tunnel project.
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