New Zealand’s PM Luxon survives leadership vote among own party months before polls

NewsWorldAustralasiaNew Zealand’s PM Luxon survives leadership vote among own party months before pollsLuxon tells reporters he had called for a confidence vote, in which he was successfulCharlotte Graham-McLay Tuesday 21 April 2026 05:45 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"CF1:2961482To1","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/christopher-luxon-new-zealand-leadership-vote-election-b2961526.html","title":"New Zealand’s PM Luxon survives leadership vote among own party months before polls"}}New Zealand PoliticsOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Australasia","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon said on Tuesday that he had survived a vote on his leadership...