Jacinda Ardern’s Feted Covid Response Could Yet Be Her Undoing
- New Zealand PM’s party drops in polls ahead of 2023 election
- Government ends pandemic restrictions as frustration mounts
Jacinda Ardern
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The pandemic response that swept Jacinda Ardern to a second term as New Zealand’s prime minister may end up costing her a third.
Ardern this week scrapped what was left of the rules she deployed to battle Covid-19, bringing an end to two-and-a-half years of tough restrictions that initially served the country well.