Ardern era set for defeat as dispirited voters defect
NZ’s Labour party is set for a historic defeat at today’s election and the potential loss of half its MPs as the rival National party heads for victory.
NZ’s Labour party is set for a historic defeat at today’s election and the potential loss of half its MPs as the rival National party heads for victory.
At her peak Jacinda Ardern was a global juggernaut, paving the way for women leaders around the world. How did the light that shone so brightly with a landslide victory in 2020, face such an ignominious end just three years later?
The former prime minister’s late entry into New Zealand’s election campaign could be a master-stroke that will send votes to the flailing Labour party.
Despite a short supporter sugar hit, Chris Hipkins looks more and more like a dead man walking as polls suggest New Zealanders are about to emphatically bury him and Jacinda Ardern’s era.
Jacinda Ardern was widely regarded as the star of the Western democracies. Today she is on an American university campus near Boston, remaining silent about NZ and the fate of her party.
David Seymour, the bête noire of the New Zealand left (just ask Jacinda Ardern), is primed to be at the centre of the October general election – and, potentially, beyond.
A growing crime wave, illustrated tragically by the Auckland shooting, is just one of many crises NZ is facing. Whoever wins the October poll will inherit a deeply troubled nation.
Ardernism was always performative. Under her successor Chris Hipkins, little has improved.
NZ’s envoy to Australia reveals the simmering tensions between Jacinda Ardern and the Morrison government over migration policies.
After unexpectedly quitting because she no longer had ‘enough in the tank,’ the former NZ PM has announced a worldwide deal before heading to Harvard.
The former NZ PM, who has said NZ would become a republic in her lifetime, says she was in two minds about accepting the honour.
In claiming a new career as a post-political, progressive internationalist, Jacinda Ardern’s audition for the job as Australasias’s first UN Secretary-General has begun.
The former New Zealand prime minister has announced a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University.
Jacinda Ardern has revealed her next career move after stepping down as New Zealand’s prime minister.
Chris Hipkins’ visit to Brisbane signals NZ’s continuing shift towards its Five Eyes friends and away from its Chinese paymaster that began under his predecessor Jacinda Ardern.
A tearful Jacinda Ardern has given a sad response when asked about one element of her time as New Zealand’s prime minister.
In her valedictory address, Jacinda Ardern admits to mistakes as PM, spruiks achievements and begs MPs: ‘Take the politics out of climate change.’
Ironically the PM’s move to the centre has empowered the radical left. Polls suggest Labour couldn’t govern except with the support of both the Greens and ultra radical Māori Party.
No other minister was as closely linked to Jacinda Ardern’s government as Chris Hipkins. Yet he has swept away all the former NZ PM’s hallmarks.
Chris Hipkins has ditched Jacinda Arderns’ agenda, betting he can win an election about nothing more than who will mind the shop.
Relations must move on from discussions about deporting criminals.
NZ’s new PM wasted no time in moving Labour away from Jacinda Ardern’s progressive agenda but his first big test comes in next week’s reshuffle.
And life is too short to be wasted on politics alone.
She makes her last public appearance as PM, walking out of the Beehive parliament building as hundreds broke into applause.
New Zealand’s former “First Bloke” has issued a touching tribute to his fiance Jacinda Ardern on her last day as Prime Minister.
Jacinda Ardern deserves praise for getting a life. She has money and support. But she chose to step aside as PM. That is not a failure, or a cop-out. It is a choice that should be celebrated.
Jacinda Ardern used her last address as NZ PM to vow Chris Hipkins will make a ‘wonderful’ leader and thanked Kiwis for their ‘kindness’.
Jim Chalmers seems tempted to follow Jacinda Ardern’s example with generous welfare policies. There is much to be wary of.
Incoming NZ PM discussed Jacinda Ardern’s future with her ‘over a period of time’: confirms he will cut some of her policies.
New Zealand’s incoming prime minister Chris Hipkins has vowed to shield his own family from the spotlight as he condemns the personal abuse suffered by Jacinda Ardern.
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