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.
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.
PM Jacinda Ardern has put Auckland, a city of 1.6 million people, into lockdown for an initial period of 3 days as health officials try to trace the origin of the infections.
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.
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.
FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
The lady should seek a cadre change and head to Washington.