Economics
Jacinda-Mania Sweeps New Zealand as Labour Seeks Poll Upset
- New leader reinvigorates opposition ahead of September ballot
- Ardern may become country’s youngest prime minister since 1856
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As a little girl in rural New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern noticed that some kids came to school without shoes on their feet or anything to eat for lunch.
“Even though I was very young, I still have very clear memories of seeing things that just struck me as being unfair,” Ardern, the newly elected leader of the Labour Party, said in an interview in Wellington. “Things like that, I would say, probably sparked my interest in politics.”