Jacinda Ardern supports transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard to be included in Olympic team

New Zealand’s PM throws her support behind transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard and argues she has every right to be included in the Tokyo Olympic team By Australian Associated Press Published: 07:43 BST, 22 June 2021 | Updated: 07:43 BST, 22 June 2021 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has backed the selection of trailblazing athlete Laurel Hubbard … Read more

New Zealand’s golden girl Jacinda Ardern smashes latest poll with sky-high popularity

New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern smashes latest poll with sky-high popularity – with just nine per cent of Kiwis backing her opponent New Zealand’s Prime Minister has smashed the opposition leader in the polls   49 per cent of NZ voters chose Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party in the vote  The opposition leader Judith Collins recorded … Read more

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern raises minimum wage and increases its tax on the rich to 39%

New Zealand raises its minimum wage to $20 an hour and increases its tax on the rich as Jacinda Ardern carries through with her election promise The changes will impact up to 175,000 of the nation’s lowest earning workers Kiwis working a 40-hour week on minimum wage will pocket an extra $44 a week New … Read more

Jacinda Ardern throws Auckland into another week long lockdown after just ONE new case of Covid-19

Jacinda Ardern throws Auckland into another week long lockdown after just ONE new case of Covid-19 By Alana Tindale For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:48 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 08:53 GMT, 27 February 2021 Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has announced Auckland will go into lockdown for one week, after just … Read more

Jacinda Ardern speaks out after The Wiggles arranged New Zealand concerts without booking quarantine

‘It’s common sense’: Jacinda Ardern issues a ‘strong warning’ after The Wiggles advertised New Zealand concert dates without first securing placements in hotel quarantine By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:03 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 05:03 GMT, 22 January 2021 Jacinda Arden has issued a ‘strong warning’ amid The Wiggles’ upcoming … Read more

Jacinda Ardern hits back at Greta Thunberg after she slammed nation’s climate emergency pledge

Jacinda Ardern hits back at Greta Thunberg after the teenage environmental activist slammed New Zealand for ‘not being unique’ by declaring a climate emergency Greta Thunberg took aim at a NZ pledge to reduce emissions in public sector The Swedish teen said their pledge was nothing ‘unique’ and more needed   New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda … Read more

Jacinda Ardern officially becomes New Zealand prime minister for a second time

Jacinda Ardern officially becomes New Zealand prime minister for a second time as she’s joined by the country’s first Indigenous woman minister with a striking Māori tattoo Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party secured a landslide NZ election victory last month Ms Ardern and her ministers were sworn in by the Governor-General on Friday The victorious PM … Read more

Jacinda Ardern unveils cabinet with gay deputy PM and a foreign minister with Maori face tattoo

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today unveiled what she called an ‘incredibly diverse’ cabinet, which includes New Zealand’s first openly gay deputy prime minister and a foreign minister with a Maori facial tattoo. The centre-left leader revamped her ministerial line-up in the wake of a landslide election victory, saying her second-term priorities were responding to Covid-19 … Read more

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to lift coronavirus restrictions in Auckland

Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand has ‘beaten coronavirus again’ after second Covid-19 wave is contained New Zealand will relax COVID-19 restrictions after beating Auckland outbreak Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday Auckland would shift back to ‘level one’ The city has gone 10 days without community transmission of the virus  By Australian Associated Press and Afp … Read more

Jacinda Ardern and her nemesis ‘The Crusher’ cast votes early to avoid crowds on election day

Jacinda Ardern and her nemesis ‘The Crusher’ cast their votes early to avoid crowds on election day – with opposition confident the PM will be ‘turfed’ out of office New Zealand election day two weeks ahead on October 17, leaders vote early Cannabis, euthanasia referendums to be decided at the same poll  Opposition Leader Judith … Read more