WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday (Aug 8) launched her re-election campaign promising a 'laser-like' focus on ...
FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern smiles during a news conference prior to the anniversary of the mosque attacks that took place the prior year in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Martin HunterWELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday launched her re-election campaign promising a"laser-like" focus on boosting jobs and economic growth hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In her first campaign speech, Ardern pledged a NZ$311 million scheme aimed at getting 40,000 Kiwis back in work, if her party wins the Sep 19 polls.The funding will allow businesses a subsidy of on average NZ$7500, and up to NZ$22,000, to hire unemployed New Zealanders. New Zealand has been an envy of the world, having eliminated COVID-19 from its shores and successfully re-opening its economy when most of the world is still shuttered.
Introduced to the stage by her partner and fiance Clark Gayford, Ardern spoke of her unexpected rise to power in 2017, and her handling of a series of tragedies - a mass shooting at Christchurch mosques, the deadly White Island volcanic eruption and the coronavirus this year.
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