National Party Leader Simon Bridges says Chirstoper Luxon will need to mentally prepare for a possible transistion from business to politics. 

The former Air New Zealand boss has confirmed he'll be putting his name forward to be National's Botany candidate in next year's general election.

Simon Bridges told Simon and Phil while he can't endorse who the candidate may be for obvious reasons, if Luxon is picked it he needs to know politics is a different animal from any other industry. 

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