惠灵顿，新西兰——新西兰周六举行全国大选，选出新政府。但一个结果已经确定：下一任总理将是一位名叫克里斯的男人。
CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is choosing a new government in a national election that concludes Saturday. But one outcome is already known: The next prime minister will be a man named Chris.
该国两大政党的领导人都叫这个名字。中间偏右的国家党由克里斯托弗·勒克森领导，他自2023年大选以来担任总理，当时他的政党击败了由克里斯·希普金斯领导的中间偏左工党。
The leaders of the nation’s two biggest political parties bear that name. Center-right National is helmed by Christopher Luxon , who has been prime minister since the 2023 election , when his party ousted center-left Labour, led by Chris Hipkins.
根据大多数民意调查，这两位“克里斯之战”的领导人在选民中都不太受欢迎。
Both leaders in the “battle of the Chrises” are, according to most opinion polls, fairly unpopular with voters.
政治界克里斯的崛起与新西兰儿童中“克里斯托弗”这个名字直到20世纪80年代中期的流行有关，根据政府数据，该名字在1968年达到顶峰，当时近800名婴儿被取这个名字。2025年，仅有20名新生儿被命名为克里斯托弗。以下是如何区分这两位政治领导人。
The ascension of political Chrises is linked to the popularity of the name Christopher for New Zealand children until the mid-1980s, peaking in 1968 when nearly 800 babies were given the name, according to government data. In 2025, just 20 newborns were named Christopher. Here’s how to tell the political leaders apart.
国家党领袖兼现任总理勒克森，56岁，是1970年新西兰出生的600多名克里斯托弗之一。他在2023年大选后执政时，是一位相对的政治新手，2020年首次当选议员。
The National party’s leader and incumbent prime minister, Luxon, 56, was one of more than 600 Christophers born in New Zealand in 1970. When he took power after the 2023 election, Luxon was a relative political novice who had first been elected to Parliament in 2020.
进入政坛之前，他曾担任国家航空公司新西兰航空的负责人。他还曾在美国和加拿大担任消费品公司联合利华的高管。
Before entering politics he was head of national carrier Air New Zealand. He also worked in the United States and Canada as an executive for consumer packaged goods firm Unilever.
勒克森是两个孩子的父亲，在坚定的世俗国家新西兰，他常常拒绝公开讨论自己的基督教信仰，在这个国家，持有强烈宗教观点的政客有时会被视为可疑。
Luxon, a father of two, has often declined to discuss his Christian faith publicly in resolutely secular New Zealand, a country where politicians who hold strong religious views are sometimes seen as suspect.
他的政党因他承诺的经济增长而当选，勒克森在表示他将寻求在国外为新西兰争取交易时，强调了自己的商业才能。
His party was elected on his pledges of economic growth, and Luxon highlighted his own business acumen when he said he would seek deals abroad for New Zealand.
路克森表示，他在位期间的成就包括新西兰与印度之间谈判并签署的自由贸易协定、出口增长、教育改革以及针对犯罪团伙的更严厉措施。他的批评者指出，国内经济复苏缓慢，生活成本和失业率居高不下。他们将这位百万富翁路克森描绘成与普通民众的困境脱节的人。
Luxon says his achievements in office include a free trade deal negotiated and signed between New Zealand and India, export growth, education reforms and tougher measures against criminal gangs. His detractors note that domestic economic recovery has been slow, with living costs and unemployment stubbornly high. They portray Luxon, a millionaire, as disconnected from the struggles of ordinary people.
2026年，路克森在民调下滑和口误频出后，经历了党内议员对他领导力的两次不寻常的信任投票，一些分析人士认为这些口误反映了他的政治缺乏经验。随着人们猜测他可能被党内推翻，这位国民党领袖本人促成了一次投票。
In 2026 Luxon survived an unusual two confidence votes among his lawmakers over his leadership of the party, after slumps in opinion polling and verbal gaffes that some analysts said reflected his political inexperience. The National leader prompted one of the votes himself as speculation grew that he might be toppled by his party.
第二次投票紧随另一位名叫克里斯的人——时任国防部长克里斯·彭克（Chris Penk）发起的领导权竞选之后。彭克被路克森免去内阁职务，并将在选举后退出政坛。在路克森内阁中排名第三的交通部长克里斯·毕晓普（Chris Bishop）常被提及为该党领导层的可能继任者。
The second vote followed a leadership bid from another Chris, then Defense Minister Chris Penk, who was sacked from the Cabinet by Luxon and will leave politics after the election. Transport Minister Chris Bishop, third-ranked in Luxon’s cabinet, is often mentioned as a possible successor for the party’s leadership.
工党领袖希普金斯（Hipkins）今年48岁，出生于1978年，当时他是400多个被命名为克里斯托弗的婴儿之一。2023年1月，在时任领袖杰辛达·阿德恩（Jacinda Ardern）因担任该职务超过五年后精疲力竭而突然辞职后，希普金斯在没有举行大选的情况下成为总理。
The Labour party’s leader, Hipkins, 48, was born in 1978 when he was one of more than 400 babies to receive the name Christopher. Hipkins became prime minister without a general election in January 2023 after his then-leader Jacinda Ardern abruptly quit , citing exhaustion following more than five years in the job.
担任总理九个月后，希普金斯带领工党在选举中失利，成为反对党领袖。他最初在大学担任学生会主席而涉足政坛，在那里他学习政治科学，并于2008年30岁时进入新西兰议会。
After nine months as prime minister, Hipkins led Labour to electoral defeat and became leader of the opposition. He began in politics as student body president at his university, where he studied political science, and entered New Zealand’s parliament in 2008 at age 30.
这位两个孩子的父亲在阿德恩内阁中担任重要职务，包括卫生、教育以及负责新西兰的疫情应对工作。尽管新西兰严格的新冠肺炎封锁措施在公共卫生方面的成效受到全球专家赞扬，但工党因这些措施对最大城市奥克兰造成的经济影响而遭到反对。
The father of two was handed weighty portfolios in Ardern’s Cabinet, including health, education and responsibility for New Zealand’s pandemic response. While the public health outcomes of the country’s strict COVID-19 lockdowns were praised by experts globally, Labour faced a backlash against the economic impact of the measures on the biggest city, Auckland.
希普金斯在2026年的竞选中承诺遏制高昂的生活成本，并增加对新西兰公共医疗系统的资金投入，但对手仍将他与疫情时期的政策负面联系在一起。他将自己塑造为平易近人的普通人。
Hipkins, who has campaigned in 2026 on pledges to curb steep living costs and boost funding for New Zealand’s public healthcare system, is still negatively associated with the pandemic-era policies by opponents. He presents himself as a relatable everyman.
在阿德恩宣布辞职后，希普金斯穿着连帽衫、棒球帽和环绕式太阳镜与记者交谈，在社交媒体上引发了大量模因。他对香肠卷的喜爱有据可查，以至于在出访期间，外国领导人也曾为他端上这种食物。
After Ardern announced she would quit, Hipkins spoke to reporters dressed in a hoodie, baseball cap and wraparound sunglasses, provoking memes on social media. His love of sausage rolls is so well-documented that he has been served them by foreign leaders on official visits abroad.
疫情期间，希普金斯曾在一次新闻发布会上表示，人们很难在不感染他人的情况下“外出伸展双腿”，此事登上新闻头条。他后来澄清，本意是说“活动一下筋骨”，但该短语已在网络上疯传。他所在政党中，没有其他议员名叫克里斯。
During the pandemic, Hipkins made headlines when he told a news conference it was difficult for people to “get outside and spread their legs” without infecting others. He later clarified that he had intended to say “stretch their legs,” but the phrase went viral. No other lawmakers in his party are called Chris.