BUDGET AT A GLANCE• The big-ticket item is a $3.3 billion for boosting benefits – by up to $55 per week by April 2022.• Health budget delivers $200m more for […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern’s crackdown on unvaccinated frontline MIQ workers
The Government is facing heat over the number of frontline MIQ workers who have yet to be vaccinated and has set a hard deadline as to when they need to […]
Covid 19 coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern ‘heartened’ so far; Papatoetoe High School tests due today
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Covid 19 coronavirus: PM Jacinda Ardern vows to leave ‘no stone unturned’ in Covid investigation; first vaccine doses arrived today
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed to leave “no stone unturned” in the hunt for the source of the Valentine’s Day Covid-19 outbreak. Ardern says officials are “making good progress” […]
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on US election and her priorities in first major speech since re-election
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she “has faith in institutions in the United States” when asked about Donald Trump’s claims of electoral fraud. On whether she preferred Joe Biden to […]
Jacinda Ardern and Labour returned in a landslide — 5 experts on a historic New Zealand election
The pre-election polls suggested it might happen. But the fact that Labour and Jacinda Ardern have won an outright majority and the mandate to govern New Zealand alone is more […]
Election 2020: Jacinda Ardern says she hasn’t thought about being in Opposition
With five days until election day, Jacinda Ardern says she is focused solely on getting Labour back into power and has not given a thought to being in Opposition. Ardern […]
Jacinda Ardern turned away from cafe because it was at coronavirus capacity
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Arden was turned away from a cafe in Wellington which had reached its capacity to seat people due to social distancing measures. Restaurants normally prioritise […]