カテゴリー: Jacinda Ardern
PM Jacinda Ardern warns this is ‘only chance’ to stop spread of suspected Delta variantCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand will go into a national lockdown on Tuesday night, after detecting one case of Covid-19.The e…
A Zoom meeting of prime ministers and presidents was never going to be a particularly smooth affairThere was what looked like a virtual walkout, veiled criticism of certain nations, a video address from the US president and of course, technical issues:…
Polls this week suggest the glacial speed of the Covid vaccine rollout is starting to affect Labour’s support, even as PM remains personally popularAn unbeatable leader in times of crisis, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s soaring popularity …
Polls this week suggest the glacial speed of the Covid vaccine rollout is starting to affect Labour’s support, even as PM remains personally popularAn unbeatable leader in times of crisis, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s soaring popularity …
Report says 10% increase in child poverty hit Māori and Pasifika children hardestAn additional 18,000 New Zealand children were pushed into poverty in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research, despite child welfare being one o…
Family members of those killed in the 2019 attack in New Zealand say they have been retraumatised by the script, which has been leakedThe leaked draft script of a controversial film depicting the Christchurch mosque shooting has been described as “wors…
Country may place UK on no-fly list if cases explode, as PM says countries are making ‘different choices’ on deaths from coronavirusNew Zealand has dismissed suggestions it should follow in Britain’s footsteps to “live with” Covid-19, saying the level …
Comments by New Zealand PM came during a parliamentary debate on the country’s new hate speech lawsNew Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has suggested her opposition party counterpart could be called a “Karen” during a fierce debate in parliame…
The international media’s adulation of the New Zealand prime minister has complicated her challenges at homeJacinda Ardern rarely repeats her mistakes. When she rose to power in 2017 New Zealand’s newly elected prime minister became a subject of fascin…
Beijing says the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand made ‘irresponsible’ comments after Queenstown talksBeijing has accused the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand of making “irresponsible” comments, after the pair condemned “destabi…
Australian and New Zealand prime ministers talk up closeness of ties as Ardern is forced to defend ‘soft’ stance on Beijing The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has warned that “there are those far from here that would seek to divide us”, dur…
Differences on China and an Australian deportation policy that disproportionately affects New Zealanders may mar talksThe prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand are set to meet this weekend to discuss their countries’ eventual reopening to the wo…
There is only one way to really make a change in New Zealand is to raise the bottom more rapidly than the middle “Today, we close a chapter on our past.” So said New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, on Thursday, as she launched a budget that inc…
Analysis: the PM has spent big on tackling social issues, but it will still take New Zealand only halfway to meeting her child poverty goalNew Zealand budget 2021: Ardern boosts welfare to fuel Covid-19 recoveryWhen she came to power, the prime ministe…
Prime minister has been coming under pressure from allies to take a tougher approach towards country’s largest trading partnerNew Zealand’s differences with China are becoming “harder to reconcile,” the prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said, as she ca…