Christopher Luxon is a Sinophile. New Zealand’s Prime Minister drinks deep of The Kool Sino-Aid.
Immediately after visiting China, Luxon announced on 21 June 2025, “We haven't seen evidence of those four powers [China, Russia, Iran & North Korea] coordinating in a way, actively against the West”. Luxon was not speaking on behalf of anyone other than himself. The “We” was therefore a Royal We (even though Luxo aint no monarch).
When Luxon proclaimed No-Sino-Russo-Iran-NK coordination, he certainly wasn’t speaking on behalf of NATO secretary general and former Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte.
Because Rutte warned on 10 June 2025 that China is indeed closely aligned with Russia, Iran and North Korea. As this Substack is published, Luxo is meeting NATO, including Rutte.
It’s not clear whether New Zealand’s Prime Minister will repeat – to NATO - his personal revelation of No Evidence of Anti-West Coordination.
It’s also not clear what “evidence” Detective Inspector Luxon examined before his no-collusion conclusion. Did he, for example, take into account the three cargo Boeing 747s that China flew to Iran within the last fortnight. If so, did Luminary Luxon ruminate on what the planes’ cargo could possibly have been…bouquets of flowers for the Ayatollah’s long-suffering subjects? Did Luxon factor in that Iran sells 90% of its oil to China, on the cheap?
Sir Luxolot appears to have come to his own devine truth…by personal revelation and public declaration. If the great Knight of his Realm of Aotearoa says it’s true, it is!
But Luxo is far from alone in his Sinophilia (love of the Chinese Communist Party). Ex-Prime Minister Helen Clark is deeply dedicated to the promotion of the Chinese dictatorship.
So what’s going on here? Is Luxon simply saying silly things in his own vain essay to safeguard New Zealand’s trading relationships with China? Or are there deeper factors involved?
For starters Mr Luxon, China doesn’t care one iota about anything you say. The extent to which China buys New Zealand’s exports depends solely on whether the Chinese Communist Party thinks doing so is in the CCP’s best material interests.
Quite possibly, Luxon is an unthinking useful idiot of the Western “Liberal” Elite, feeding the Wokerati’s mad antipathy towards the West’s traditional freedoms and adherence to democracy. It’s an antipathy that illiberal regimes (China, Russia, all the Middle East except Israel) are relentlessly and successfully exploiting.
The long term arc of history may indeed bend towards justice (let’s hope so), but humanity’s current trend is towards authoritarian "strongman" leadership. The theory is that, in times of uncertainty or threat, populations tend to favour strong, decisive leadership – including leaders who are not outright antidemocratic authoritarians. Out go insipid managerial leaders such as Canada’s ousted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In come the likes of Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s Reform Party (currently at 35% popularity, according to the latest poll).
At some level, Luxon appears to fancy himself as a strongman world leader – “MussoLuxi” without the war mongering.
Luxolini was undeniably ecstatic on meeting Chinese dictator Xi Qing Ping.
But Luxon’s strongman aspirations have been doomed from the start. Strongman leadership is characterised by patriotism, populism, charisma and general appeal to the common people. Luxon abjectly fails on all those counts. Luxon is a globalist and certainly no New Zealand patriot or nativist. He appears at his happiest outside of New Zealand.
Luxon is an archetypal corporatist member of New Zealand’s managerial class. As with Jacinda Ardern, Luxon’s most fevered nightmares are of having to mix it up with New Zealand’s muscular, productive, real working people. And, to boot, he’s a charisma vacuum; an unprepossessing, uninspiring individual with a formulaic “paint by numbers” leadership style.
Commenting on the US doing the Free World a favour by destroying Iran’s nuclear bomb making facilities, Luxon ranged from the inane to the ridiculous:
“We want to see a peaceful, secure and stable Middle East” – and who in their right mind wouldn’t, Chris? (acknowledging that many Death Cult Middle Eastern Nations, Iran included, don’t want peace, security or stability).
“The way to get there is a political solution rather than military action ... it's through dialogue and diplomacy”/ “Let’s be clear, it’ll be very difficult, but you know, carrying on the way that things are is not the way through those issues” – Dear Chris…dialogue and diplomacy with Iran have been conscientiously tried and always failed, because Iran inevitably lies and reneges on its promises. It’s nigh on impossible to constructively negotiate with bad faith terrorist regimes like Iran. What’s the reason for the current ceasefire between Israel and Iran?…because the U.S. airpower obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons projects and Airforce.
“New Zealand doesn't want to see a nuclear-armed Iran destabilising its neighbours”. Oh really, Christopher. Without nukes, Iran has been destabilising its neighbours and many other regions of the world, for decades. Armed with nuclear weapons, Iran wouldn’t (just) be “destabilising” Israel, it would in short order nuke Israel and its citizens out of existence. That’s what Iran has overtly committed to do, and there’s every reason to conclude that, with nukes, Iran’s Death Cult Mullahs would quickly execute their express commitment.
It’s increasingly excruciating and embarrassing listening to Luxon trying to play Great Stateman and International Peacemaker. All the apparent evidence is that we’re looking at a man who is not a complex thinker, serious politician, or man in full.
Luxon projects as normatively neutral as between the USA and China; between freedom and democracy, on the one hand, and authoritarianism on the other. His transactional mind perceives nothing inherently undesirable about the political totalitarianism of the Chinese Communist Party or, for that matter, the religious fundamentalism of Iran.
What exactly does Luxon offer as Prime Minister that Nicola Willis wouldn’t? Could Luxon be the National Party’s biggest liability in the lead-up to the next general election?
In his maiden speech to Parliament, Luxon praised an historical figure (speaking as if the long-dead Jewish carpenter were still alive), “[Jesus] doesn’t judge, discriminate or reject people. He loves unconditionally.”
Luxon should unshackle himself from his now-invisible carpenter friend and start indulging in judicious judging, discrimination and rejection. There could come a time, in Luxon’s short residual time as Prime Minister, when he’ll just have to cut his unconditional Christian love, make tough choices and take sides.
Where would Luxolini sit if, while he’s still at NZ’s helm, China tries to invade Taiwan? Because there are no fences to sit on in the Taiwan Strait and, unlike his Lord and Saviour, he won’t be able to walk on the water of that contested body of water.
John McLean is a citizen typist and enthusiastic amateur who blogs at John's Substack where this article was sourced.
11 comments:
Judging by our evenly divided election results New Zealanders, would be either pro-China or pro-US. I am certainly pro-US. Many commenters seem to get upset if you are pro-US or pro-Trump. I couldn't care less if citizens or commenters are pro-China or pro-Russia to be honest. That's their prerogative. However, I consider there are pretty valid reasons to be pro-US. Luxon doesn't represent me and 50% of the population. The US represents western values for me. They have a democratic system of government. Luxon is a businessman not a statesman, in any shape or form. He doesn't have a true grasp of any important subject with any depth. He certainly doesn't understand the situation with Israel and Iran. He is totally at sea with the Maorification of our country. He watched New Zealanders from a window during the Wellington protest and thought they were mere rabble. I suspect he has a small group of advisors with very narrow views. He doesn't deserve a one-on -one with the US president. All the Trump detractors will come on board and align themselves with the US. The UN and the EU, India and the UK will see an advantage to do so, but not Luxon. He doesn't have any insight, just like Ardern.
Mr Luxon thinks most NZers ard stupid.
The quality of nz media and political commentators is laid bare In this nonsensical article.
Perhaps Mr McLean can explain how many blue chip companies he has been in charge of and how many political parties he has lead so we can judge his authority to launch personal attacks against the best qualified prime minister nz ever had.
John's ignorance of the trade and politics balancing act an expert PM must perform is an embarrassment.
Here are a couple of facts John omitted.
- China hasn't invaded the pacific or taiwan.
- China will alter its trade arrangements for political goals. John only needs to look as far as australia to see why his article is a nonsense.
- china continues to support the nz economy by buying more of our exports than any other country.
- without china's money the nz economy will collapse
- luxons government has successfully broadened nzs customer base with trade agreements. A succesful India trade agreement will eliminate our reliance in China.
BRICS+ nations (resource rich global south/east) are trading in yuan, rubles, gold. US sanctions have backfired, and global powers are fleeing the western debt-based system.
Meanwhile, NATO allies (resource poor collective west) on Wednesday agreed to more than double their defense spending target from 2% of gross domestic product to 5%. What this means is a wartime economy without declaring war. They are turning the entire Western economy into a weapons platform.
5% of GDP = trillions redirected away from healthcare, infrastructure, debt reduction, and instead put into The War Machine… including False flag capabilities, and AI capabilities. This is war-for-profit formalized as national policy.
The Central Bank War Engine provides all this cash. That’s not government money. It’s borrowed, conjured out of thin air by central banks. Governments issue war debt, central banks buy that debt with printed currency, that currency is used to buy weapons, fund surveillance, build digital control systems.
Who benefits - Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, BAE, Boeing, hedge funds, political insiders etc, while the losers are we the people, who get higher inflation and a collapsing currency. The debt based western empire is dying. The BRICS + nations are rising to take its place. Pick a side time.
NZ needs a leader who will lead and not one who follows the polls and focus groups.
So Luxolini (I kinda like that analogy) shares his revelation of No Evidence of Anti-West Coordination. Next he will be telling us that there is no apartheid-like coup taking place in New Zealand or that he is not aiding and abetting same.
YES.... pick a side. B R I C S... They believe/act on a nation's own sovereignty, not globalist thinking. Luxon would not have a clue!! How plain stupid to take an entourage of haka prancers to UN.... For God's sake, clear evidence of Maori takeover - of his very small b r a i n .....
Oh, someone brought up Western and U.S. values? And of how NZ cherishes same said values?
You mean the noble tradition of liberating other nations’ resources & wealth while calling it freedom?
Of championing family values by dismantling them one moral contradiction at a time?
Of uniting people through carefully curated racial, economic, and social chaos?
Ah yes, and let’s not forget the fiscal genius of borrowing from tomorrow so today’s leaders can cling to power with all the grace of a toddler grabbing a cookie jar.
Truly, the shining beacon of modern civilization!
In contrast, what can the 10,000 year enduring civilisation of China offer NZ?
As said above the NZ economy is in trouble and kept afloat by China. I don't think much of China but this is where we are at.
I see Luxon as working hard to improve the economic position of the country bequeathed a basket case by Jacinda Ardern's governance.
Anon 'In contrast, what can the 10,000 year enduring civilisation of China offer NZ?'
Firstly, it is only 5000 years. Secondly, it was destroyed by Mao in 1949 and, even now, civilization is only slowly creeping back. So I guess we could learn how to destroy our culture, which Luxon appears to be good at.
Replying to anonymous at 11.35. The main point being of course that although China has a wonderful cultural heritage, they don't have free and democratic elections. We are used to living in a democracy not a dictatorship. Therefore, we can hold whatever views we like. We can respect others views but not agree with them. That is what we should do. We should all have our own views and win others over by argument not abuse. For sure, the US has many faults, but so do we. The ultimate aim should be equality of citizenship.
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