Luxon has his snout in the trough.

[Lilith7]

It is a weird world when someone can say $450,000 is not much.

And no, money probably isn't his motivation. Power is. So what does that say about his personality type?

Its not much for the job.
So Ardern and Hipkins didnt want the job for the power?
That woman had so much power and look what she did to this country, and then just walks away when she doesnt want to deal with the repercussions.

How dreadful, to have managed to somehow get us through a volcanic eruption in which people were killed, a pandemic in which people died & a terrorist attack in which people were murdered, yep, just dreadful...

Its highly unlikely that another leader could have done as well, dealing with such difficult,tragic events. 

Particularly the present PM, who incidentally has precisely the same amouint of power...