Amid coup speculation, Luxon reportedly has a heavyweight backer

Chris Bishop, who has been named as a potential successor for the top job, says, “We’ve been down this road before.”

New Zealand’s governing National Party will hold a meeting tonight as speculation mounts that its lawmakers are trying to remove Prime Minister Christopher Luxon as leader less than three months before a general election.

The Herald revealed Luxon faced another round of leadership chatter on Monday.

Andrew Hastie’s Western Australian seat of Canning is firmly in One Nation’s sights, as its Victorian leader flags conspiracy theories will not form part of the party’s campaign in the state.

Andrew Hastie’s Western Australian seat of Canning is firmly in One Nation’s sights, as its Victorian leader flags conspiracy theories will not form part of the party’s campaign in the state.