Christopher Luxon: Perbedaan antara revisi

Setelah Jami-Lee Ross mengundurkan diri dari [[Partai Nasional Selandia Baru|Partai Nasional]] atas tuduhan penipuan terhadap partai tersebut,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jami-Lee Ross tweets pics of Simon Bridges and Chinese '$100k donor' as MP accuses National Party leader of electoral fraud |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2018/10/16/jami-lee-ross-tweets-pics-of-simon-bridges-and-chinese-100k-donor-as-mp-accuses-national-party-leader-of-electoral-fraud/ |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=1 News |language=en}}</ref> Luxon mendapatkan pencalonan Partai Nasional di wilayah pemilihan Botany, yang selalu dimenangkan oleh Nasional dan dianggap sebagai kursi yang aman bagi mereka,<ref name="Stuff 4 Nov 2019">{{cite news |last1=Block |first1=George |date=4 November 2019 |title=National chooses former Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon as Botany MP candidate |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117151149/national-chooses-christopher-luxon-as-botany-mp |url-status=live |access-date=10 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821212137/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117151149/national-chooses-christopher-luxon-as-botany-mp |archive-date=21 August 2020}}</ref> pada November 2019. Ia menang dalam kontes seleksi dengan anggota parlemen dari Partai Nasional Agnes Loheni, wakil ketua Dewan Lokal Howick Katrina Bungard, juru kampanye obat kanker Troy Elliott, dan pengusaha teknologi Jake Bezzant, yang kemudian terpilih sebagai kandidat Nasional untuk Upper Harbour.<ref name="Stuff 4 Nov 2019" /><ref name="NZH 5 Nov 2019">{{cite news |title=National selects Christopher Luxon as its new candidate for Botany |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12282362 |access-date=10 November 2019 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=5 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116061615/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12282362|archive-date=16 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dalam pidato perdananya, Luxon memuji [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] dan [[Katherine Wilson Sheppard|Kate Sheppard]] sebagai bagian dari pembelaan umat Kristen seperti dirinya dalam kehidupan publik, mengklaim bahwa menjadi Kristen telah menjadi sebuah identitas yang "stereotipe sebagai sesuatu yang ekstrem sudah dapat diterima".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-air-nz-boss-christopher-luxon-explains-his-christian-faith-in-maiden-speech/RWFT54SHFJBYERYXRZBW27XJM4/ |title=Former Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon explains his Christian faith in maiden speech |last=Young |first=Audrey |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=14 March 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021 }}</ref>

Sering ada spekulasi bahwa Luxon akan menjadi pemimpin Partai Nasional.<ref name="RNZ Article">{{cite news |title=National Party leadership: Does Luxon have what it takes? |first=Bryce |last=Edwards |date=10 April 2021 |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/440202/national-party-leadership-does-luxon-have-what-it-takes |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> Setelah [[Judith Collins]] dicopot dari jabatan pemimpin partai pada 25 November 2021, Luxon disebut-sebut sebagai calon penggantinya.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/127101873/national-leadership-the-top-contenders-to-replace-judith-collins |title = National leadership: The top contenders to replace Judith Collins|date = 25 November 2021 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref> Dia mengambil kepemimpinan pada tanggal 30 November, setelah mundurnya lawan utamanya, [[Simon Bridges]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/456886/christopher-luxon-set-to-be-new-national-party-leader-as-simon-bridges-withdraws |title=Christopher Luxon voted new National Party leader as Simon Bridges withdraws |date=30 October 2021 |access-date=30 October 2021 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130073501/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/456886/christopher-luxon-voted-new-national-party-leader-as-simon-bridges-withdraws|archive-date=30 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pada awal Agustus 2022, Luxon mendampingi Perdana Menteri Ardern, Menteri Seni, Kebudayaan dan Warisan [[Carmel Sepuloni]] dan Menteri Masyarakat Pasifik [[William Sio]] dalam kunjungan kenegaraan ke Samoa untuk memperingati 60 tahun kemerdekaan Samoa dan mempertegas hubungan bilateral kedua negara.<ref>{{cite news |title=After 865 days, Samoa reopens to tourists |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/31/after-865-days-samoa-reopens-to-tourists/ |access-date=6 August 2022 |work=[[1 News]] |agency=[[Australian Associated Press]] |publisher=[[TVNZ]] |date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731081404/https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/07/31/after-865-days-samoa-reopens-to-tourists/ |archive-date=31 July 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ardern, Luxon and ministers to visit Samoa for treaty anniversary |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/471760/ardern-luxon-and-ministers-to-visit-samoa-for-treaty-anniversary |access-date=6 August 2022 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728015228/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/471760/ardern-luxon-and-ministers-to-visit-samoa-for-treaty-anniversary |archive-date=28 July 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>