Jacinda Ardern

• New Zealand to tighten counter-terrorism laws after supermarket stabbing attack: Ardern

  A bill awaiting passage criminalizes planning and preparation that might lead to a terror attack, closing what critics have said has been a loophole allowing plotters to stay free.

  World

  Sep 4
• New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern wins 2nd term in election landslide

   New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a second term in office Saturday in an election landslide of historic proportions.

  World

  Oct 16, 2020
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• New Zealand deputy PM mocks COVID-19 denier: ‘Sorry sunshine, wrong place’

  New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters rebuked a man for questioning the existence of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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  Oct 16, 2020
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• New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern encourages supporters to vote in upcoming election

  Ardern was thronged by supporters during her visit Saturday to a market in the heavily Polynesian south Auckland suburb of Otara.

  Politics

  Oct 11, 2020
• New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern casts vote early in country’s general election

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has voted in the nation’s general election, two weeks before polls officially close.

  Politics

  Oct 10, 2020
• New Zealand coronavirus restrictions to stay in place until mid-September, PM says

  Auckland, the country's largest city and the center of a fresh outbreak, will remain on alert level 2.5 that limits gatherings to no more than 10 people.

  World

  Sep 3, 2020
• New Zealand PM says Trump’s coronavirus ‘surge’ comments are ‘patently wrong’

  While New Zealand reported nine new coronavirus cases Monday, the United States saw over 42,000.

  World

  Aug 17, 2020
• New Zealand delays national elections amid new coronavirus outbreak in Auckland

  The election had been scheduled for Sept. 19 but will now be held on Oct. 17. Under New Zealand law, Ardern had the option of delaying the election for up to about two months.

  Health

  Aug 16, 2020
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• New Zealand PM expected to go ahead with Sept. election despite coronavirus surge

  The opposition party has said they would like the election delayed in the hope that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern loses some of her lustre once hardships caused by an extended lockdown begin to bite.

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  Aug 15, 2020
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• New Zealand PM says new coronavirus outbreak stems from different strain of virus

  The 12-day extension of Aukland's lockdown will not be extended to the rest of the country, which will stay under looser restrictions, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

  World

  Aug 13, 2020