Luxon's Saturday night success brings headaches

Luxon's Saturday night success brings headaches
National's campaign has seen some strong support from the Indian community in Auckland. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
National's successful campaign has robbed them of a potential attorney general and leaves them facing a bit of a headache when it comes to the razor-thin majority they have in parliament.Based on results over the weekend, National has secured 50 seats, but 45 of these are electorate seats. This leaves five seats for people on the party list and means James Christmas, understood to have been seen as a likely attorney general under a National government, won't make it in.Christmas is a lawyer specialising in public and Treaty law, wa...

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