(UPDATE) WELLINGTON: Former airline boss Christopher Luxon formally took office as New Zealand's prime minister on Monday, vowing to tame inflation and bring down interest rates.

Luxon took over six weeks after his conservative National Party won national elections, ending a six-year Labor Party reign ushered in by Jacinda Ardern.

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