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 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 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
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge praised the ‘friendship between the UK and Ireland’ as they joined world leaders in a St Patrick’s Day video message for the Irish government. Prince William, 38, started off the couple’s message by speaking in Irish Gaelic, saying: ‘Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh’, meaning ‘Happy St Patrick’s Day’. Kate, who wore … Read more
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
Australian travel bubble with New Zealand could be open from the first quarter of 2021, Jacinda Ardern says Jacinda Ardern announced the country could open a travel bubble with Australia The New Zealand Prime Minister said details will be confirmed in the new year She said it will only happen if cases remain low in … Read more
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