Luxon's inexperience costs him international power play

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Not an especially good start since it has the effect of making him look inefficient.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...power-play




ANALYSIS: ÔÇ£ThereÔÇÖll be another APEC.ÔÇØ

And with those words, Christopher Luxon choked back his first heaped serving of humble pie, having been dealt an early bruising lesson by playing in the sandpit with the big kids.

Whatever LuxonÔÇÖs opening offer was to his respective coalition partners, it clearly didnÔÇÖt pass muster. It wasnÔÇÖt enough for the prime minister-elect to safely meet his foolhardy self-imposed APEC deadline.

As┬áJacinda Ardern┬áand Labour can attest,┬ábeing in coalition with Winston Peters┬áand NZ First means actually being in coalition, it means compromise, it means consultation ÔÇô and if those three cÔÇÖs arenÔÇÖt met, brace for a healthy dose of the three hÔÇÖs: humility, hubris and humiliation.