New Zealand Election

• Candidates to replace New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern to begin making their bids

  Candidates to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand's prime minister after her shock resignation are expected to emerge on Friday ahead of a leadership vote on Sunday.

  World

  Jan 19
  
• New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern to step down in February, won’t run in October election

  Ardern said she still believed her party New Zealand Labour would win the upcoming election, which is set for Oct. 14, but with a new leader.

  World

  Jan 18
  
• Advertisement
• New Zealand has chosen its next prime minister — the outcome likely won’t surprise

  New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern made history Saturday, winning a second term as prime minister in an election landslide. Here's a look at her rise to glory.

  Features

  Oct 18, 2020
• Advertisement
• 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 17, 2020
• 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.

  Trending

  Oct 16, 2020
• 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 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
• Advertisement
• 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.

  World

  Aug 15, 2020
• Advertisement
• New Zealand prime minister delays election process amid new coronavirus lockdown

  Ardern said she was suspending the dissolution of parliament, which was due to make way for an election scheduled to take place on Sept. 19, until Monday.

  Aug 11, 2020