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Global heroine must battle for growth at home

If Jacinda Ardern is re-elected prime minister, as expected, the challenge will be to reopen New Zealand's economy and sharpen its growth potential.

Jacinda Ardern is expected to be easily re-elected tomorrow as both head of a Labour-led New Zealand government and a model avatar for the world’s woke classes.

Becoming a mother in office, and then her inclusive response to the Christchurch massacre of Muslim worshippers, made her a global heroine for the Instagram age – and the natural face of a small, admired, pristine and affluent nation – despite achieving little of policy substance in her three years in office.

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