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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicJacinda Ardern

Topic: Jacinda Ardern

PM Jacinda Ardern set for big election win as New Zealand voters reward Covid success

Pandemic has given Jacinda Ardern a stage to display her strengths of empathetic leadership & skilled crisis management, drowning out criticism of not delivering on some key promises.

New Zealand stocks & property surge as Jacinda Ardern’s poll win seems certain

The S&P/NZX 50 stock index has still gained 6.5% this month alone. The housing market is also running hot. Business confidence is also recovering.

Ardern delays New Zealand election by four weeks to 17 October

The New Zealand PM said she delayed the election to provide certainty to voters as active Covid cases rose to 78, with Auckland cluster set to get bigger.

New Zealand puts Auckland in lockdown as country registers first local Covid cases in 102 days

Four Covid-19 cases in one household from an unknown source have been detected, and contact tracing is now underway to prevent further spread, PM Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday.

Meet Judith Collins — the woman seeking to dethrone political superstar Jacinda Ardern

Nicknamed 'Crusher Collins', the opposition party leader has just seven weeks to rebuild public faith in her party and gain support to beat New Zealand PM Ardern in the elections.

Of Brazil’s missing data, virus-free New Zealand, stranded ships & other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Latin American populists challenge stereotypes, Germany flies in workers & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

After asylum ban, US to temporarily halt immigration and could suspend work visas

From first global Covid-19 casualty for aviation industry to likely higher toll in Latin American countries — ThePrint brings you 8 important global stories linked to Covid-19.

India and US done with hate-filled alpha males Trump & Modi. The future is female

The world needs women leaders because alpha males such as Modi and Trump, high on nationalism and machismo, lack the foresight to run a democratic country.

Finland just got the world’s youngest serving PM but she’s got a lot on her plate

Sanna Marin, the 34-year old former transport minister, will head a coalition of five parties each led by women. 

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.