Can Jacinda Ardern’s Landslide Re-Election Convert Stardom into Concrete Reform?

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Ardern won easy re-election after her masterful handling of COVID-19 but the New Zealand PM fell short of the major reform she promised in her first term. Can she deliver now?

Published Oct. 17 2020 5:09AM EDT

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As a Kiwi overseas you soon get used to the questions. From trendy Colombian nightclubs, to dingy departure lounges of East African airports and bustling Turkish bazaars, as soon as people hear you’re from New Zealand, they’re eager to share their unbridled enthusiasm for Jacinda Ardern.

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Can Jacinda Ardern’s Landslide Re-Election Convert Stardom into Concrete Reform?

Ardern won easy re-election after her masterful handling of COVID-19 but the New Zealand PM fell short of the major reform she promised in her first term. Can she deliver now?

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Tom Mutch