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Luxon Survives Confidence Vote Amid Coalition Tensions

4/24/2026

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon survived a confidence vote in the National Party caucus after coalition partner Winston Peters publicly accused him of scaremongering and anti-immigrant bias.
A 1News-Verian poll gave National 30 % approval and Luxon 16 % in the preferred-prime-minister ranking, which Deputy leader Nicola Willis described as emphatic.
Winston Peters called the confidence vote unprecedented and warned that another leadership spill could destabilise the coalition before the November 7 election.

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon survived a confidence vote in the National Party caucus after coalition partner Winston Peters publicly accused him of scaremongering and anti-immigrant bias.
A 1News-Verian poll gave National 30 % approval and Luxon 16 % in the preferred-prime-minister ranking, which Deputy leader Nicola Willis described as emphatic.
Winston Peters called the confidence vote unprecedented and warned that another leadership spill could destabilise the coalition before the November 7 election.