He sprang into the New Year’s political cycle with a Cabinet reshuffle, followed last week by his state of the nation address.
His tone is so upbeat and buoyant, or as he puts it, "ready and pumped for 2025", there might be a risk he would bounce if someone tapped him on the head.
But whether his address last week was the sort of showstopper which will convince everyone the government is on the right track is debatable.
It was long on rhetoric and short on specifics, a word salad served up for a business audience which would probably have preferred a big breakfast, even if it was lunch time.
Much of its content we had heard before.
In that speech he spoke of the need to strike the right balance between protecting the environment and building for the future.
This year there was much pushing of mining, but no mention of the environment.
The obstruction message was simplified: "The bottom line is we need a lot less no and a lot more yes."
Although last year in his state of the nation address, he said when he woke up in the morning, he was ruthlessly focused on rebuilding the economy, restoring law and order, and delivering better schools and hospitals, the latter two were not the emphasis in this year’s missive.
The mantra this year was all "going for growth" which is his "priority number one".
In the short term, boosting tourist and foreign student numbers have been proposed, but already questions are being asked about the adequacy of infrastructure to serve more tourists.
The proposals Mr Luxon announced around science sector reformation and the setting up of Invest New Zealand to attract foreign direct investment, should they be the success he hopes for, will not make an immediate impact.
There is uncertainty about whether the substantial changes to the Overseas Investment Act Mr Luxon says will be critical to encourage more investment to flow into the economy will find favour with his coalition partner New Zealand First.
There is no agreement yet among the coalition partners about how far changes to the Act should go, something which would have been prudent to have in place before talking big about future foreign investment.
Some commentary on the proposals has also questioned Mr Luxon’s idea of New Zealand emulating Ireland, Singapore or Denmark, all countries with a similar population as ours, and all offering tax breaks for foreign investors.
It is hard to see why pharmaceutical companies would opt for developing products in New Zealand, for instance, if they can get tax breaks in countries such as Ireland or Denmark which are in the European Union.
While last year Mr Luxon pointed out the numbers of people on the job seeker benefit and those leaving the country, as part of his criticism of the previous government’s performance, this year’s speech did not draw attention to them.
Both numbers have headed further in the wrong direction since his government took office and it is not clear how soon any improvement there might be expected, particularly with more government job cuts expected.
Lip service was paid in the speech to the cost-of-living pressure many New Zealanders are still under.
Mr Luxon said the government would be taking competition a lot more seriously because too often people were getting a raw deal through a lack of it, in banking, energy, retail, construction and groceries.
Although it has made some moves in construction and banking, it is difficult to understand why, on the grocery and electricity market front, the government could not already have acted, as the ongoing issues in both sectors have been well traversed in recent years.
Without much more detail, it is hard to judge how effective the growth push may be in moving the country out of the economic doldrums.
What is sure is that it will take much more than enthusiastic talk.
