Unpicking Christopher Luxon’s ‘hard’ reshuffle

Unpicking Christopher Luxon’s ‘hard’ reshuffle
New leader, new look caucus – Chris Luxon and Nicola Willis announce the lineup. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Pattrick Smellie
Last week’s National party ‘reset’ under new leader Chris Luxon became a ‘hard reset’ today in a shadow Cabinet reshuffle that substantially refreshes the party’s front bench.Of the nine MPs who Judith Collins put on her front bench, only three remain: Shane Reti, Chris Bishop and Simon Bridges.And bear in mind that Collins had demoted the latter two in recent weeks for various alleged infractions.Rocketing up the rankings is second-term Erica Stanford, who replaced the old tusker Murray McCully in East Coast...

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