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Ben McKay

NZ's Luxon pledges first trip, if elected, to Australia

"If I couldn't be a Kiwi, I'd be an Aussie," New Zealand National party leader Chris Luxon has said. (Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS)

Chris Luxon will make Australia his first port of call should his centre-right National party win the New Zealand election, as polls indicate.

In his most wide-ranging interview on his foreign and trade priorities, Mr Luxon told AAP he was committed to three international engagements in 2023 should he win office.

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