Jacinda Ardern

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If there were ever a time for a liberal approach, it is now

Jacinda Arden and Scott Morrison have adopted radically different strategies to beat COVID-19.

Nick Cater

World

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 03: People manage to get outside during the lockdown period to exercise in Totara Park on April 03, 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand was placed in complete lockdown and a state of national emergency was declared on Thursday 26 March to stop the spread of COVID-19 across the country. Under the COVID-19 Alert Level Four restrictions, New Zealanders are not allowed to leave their homes unless for exercise in their local area, or to get essential supplies. Offices, schools and childcare centres have been closed, along with bars, restaurants, cinemas and playgrounds. Essential services remain open, including supermarkets and pharmacies. Lockdown measures are expected to remain in place for at least four weeks, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warning New Zealanders of zero tolerance for people ignoring the restrictions, with police able to enforce them if required. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Health boss apologises to Ardern for bike ride

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has accepted an apology from her health minister for mountain biking.

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ABC presenters (clockwise, from top left) Michael Rowland, Wendy Harmer, Dr Norman Swan and Paul Barry.

Virus crisis can’t kill Team ABC’s bias

The ABC simply cannot let go its agenda, even in a crisis. The hosts are far too busy wallowing in self-importance.

The Mocker

LONG WHITE CLOUDWorld

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 25: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media at a press conference ahead of a nationwide lockdown at Parliament on March 25, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday declared a State of National Emergency in response to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The declaration allows the Director Civil Defence Emergency Management to direct and coordinate personnel, material and other resources, and provides access to other extra-ordinary powers that will support delivery of an effective and timely response to COVID-19. An Epidemic Notice has also been issued to help ensure the continuity of essential Government business.New Zealand will go into lockdown from 11:59 Wednesday night, as the COVID-19 alert level rises to four. All non-essential businesses will close at that time, including bars, restaurants, cinemas and playgrounds. Schools are closed and all indoor and outdoor events are banned. Essential services will remain open, including supermarkets and pharmacies. The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expects measures will remain in place for about four weeks, and has said there will be zero tolerance for people ignoring the restrictions, with police able to enforce them if required. New Zealand currently has 155 confirmed cases of COVID-19. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Kiwis ordered to stay home

New Zealanders told to ‘act as if they have the virus’ as country moves into total lockdown.

Richard Ferguson

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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference one day before the country goes on lockdown to stop any progress of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Parliament in Wellington on March 24, 2020. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)

Ardern pushes Morrison on Kiwi welfare

Jacinda Ardern has called for New Zealanders in Australia to be allowed to access welfare during the virus outbreak.

ADESHOLA ORE

World

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 17: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a press conference at Parliament on March 17, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand. Strict new border measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 came into effect at 1am on Monday, requiring all arrivals into New Zealand to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Ardern goes hard on bailout

The Ardern government has splashed the cash in a bid to lessen an expected coronavirus-induced recession.

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A Queensland Health spokesperson has confirmed Queensland Health has strategies and plans in place to ensure we are well prepared for all COVID-19. Photo: contributed

Fifth virus death as PM tightens borders

NSW Health has confirmed two new deaths, as Scott Morrison announces tighter travel restrictions and the University of Queensland suspends classes.

Lachlan Moffet Gray, Elias Visontay and Christine Kellett

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 28: (L-R) New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minster, Scott Morrison speak to media at a press conference held at Admiralty House on February 28, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Ardern is in Australia for two days for the annual bilateral meetings with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

‘Mostly fluff, very little substance’

Your say on ScoMo’s mauling by the Kiwi Kruschchev, the great toilet paper panic, and jolly self-quarantined coronavirus holidays.

Jason Gagliardi

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (left) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison are seen during the signing of the Indigenous Collaboration Arrangement at Admiralty House in Sydney, Friday, February 28, 2020. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Ardern’s dubious election year tactic

Should she be returned to power, a prospect that looks remote, Jacinda Ardern has almost zero likelihood of a rapprochement with our PM.

The Mocker

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Tell Kiwis to stop breaking laws in Australia

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would be well advised to tell her countrymen not to commit serious crimes in Australia.

MIRKO BAGARIC

EditorialEditorials

Managing an ungracious guest

Perhaps New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is feeling the pressure of the close election race she is facing across the Tasman.

Editorial

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Ardern shouldn’t be surprised

Australians are indifferent to the NZ Prime Minister’s concerns.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 11: Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on February 11, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison began with a statement on indulgence on the coronavirus. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

‘ScoMo plans and Albo plays’

Your say on life in the time of coronavirus, planning for a pandemic, and the slipping halo of Saint Jacinda.

Jason Gagliardi

SHOW PONY OR STAYER?Politics

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 22: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Cashmere High School on November 22, 2019 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are on an 8-day tour of New Zealand. It is their third joint visit to New Zealand and first in four years. (Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)

Celebrity abroad, Jacinda Ardern labours at home

Why is the image abroad so far removed from the reality at home for Jacinda Ardern, the unlikely Prime Minister of New Zealand?

Graham Lloyd

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WAITANGI, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 04: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at the upper Treaty grounds Te Whare Runanga on February 04, 2020 in Waitangi, New Zealand. The Waitangi Day national holiday celebrates the signing of the treaty of Waitangi on February 6, 1840 by Maori chiefs and the British Crown, that granted the Maori people the rights of British Citizens and ownership of their lands and other properties. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

Jacinda Ardern: show pony or stayer?

A split personality is starting to tug on the halo of Jacinda Ardern, who has enjoyed a dream run on the global stage.

Graham Lloyd

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Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks to the media during a press conference at the Commonwealth Parliament Offices in Sydney, Wednesday, November 20, 2019. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Labor looks to Ardern for budget shake-up

Jim Chalmers has declared Australia should consider adopting a version of Jacinda Ardern’s ‘wellbeing budget’.

Geoff Chambers

World

Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister speaking in the chamber on the first day of a new parliamentary session at Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 11, 2020. (AAP Image/David Rowland) NO ARCHIVING

NZ Deputy PM refuses to quit

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters is clinging to office despite a probe into a fundraising arm of his party.

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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a press event at U.N. headquarters. Ardern said Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 that New Zealand's general election will be held on Sept. 19. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Ardern sets date for next election

Kiwi PM calls general election in a vote that will test whether her popularity overseas is matched by support at home.

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media on the White Island volcanic eruption during her post-cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington on December 16, 2019. - New Zealand paused for a minute's silence on December 16 to mark one week since the deadly White Island eruption, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warned grieving families face a long wait for answers about how the disaster was allowed to take place. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)

NZ blasted for climate ‘hypocrisy’

Coalition MPs have accused the New Zealand government of hypocrisy over its criticism of Australia’s carry-over credits.

Greg Brown

Politics

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 28: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media after the Erebus Memorial Event at Government House on November 28, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. Today marks 40 years since Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. (Photo by Dave Rowland/Getty Images)

Lifetime visa ban off table

There are no plans to revive the government’s ‘lifetime ban’ bill that would make it easier to resettle refugees in New Zealand.

Rosie Lewis

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