Christopher Luxon

Christopher Luxon is the newly elected (as of October 14, 2023) prime minister of New Zealand, after winning in a landslide against entrenched liberal incumbents who had ruled for 6 years. Jacinda Ardern had ruled for most of that time but had resigned in January 2023 due her lack of popularity after her COVID lockdown and vaccine mandate.

In December 2023, Luxon vowed to cut back on immigration, as reported by the media:

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In New Zealand, net migration gain is at almost 120,000 - a rate higher per capita than that of Australia. Luxon told Morning Report New Zealand's immigration spike was in part to fill job shortages after two years of closed borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic. "We're inheriting a system that's been a complete hash," he said. New Zealand's immigration system had been closed "at a time when employers were looking for workers" during the pandemic, "and then Labour opened the floodgates just as the economy was starting to slow".

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