WELLINGTON (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed the general election by four weeks until Oct 17 as a community outbreak of Covid-19 worsens and threatens to keep the nation's largest city in lockdown for longer.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed the general election by four weeks until Oct 17 as a community outbreak of Covid-19 worsens and threatens to keep the nation's largest city in lockdown for longer.
A fresh outbreak of the virus in Auckland has seen the largest city locked down since Aug 12 with people urged to stay home and consumer-facing businesses shut – denting consumer confidence while making political campaigning and fund-raising impossible. “Moving the date by four weeks also gives all parties a fair shot to campaign and delivers New Zealanders certainty without unnecessarily long delays,” she told reporters. “This decision gives all parties time over the next nine weeks to campaign and the Electoral Commission enough time to ensure an election can go ahead.
Ardern is leading in opinion polls, thanks largely due to her handling of the virus earlier this year, which saw community transmission eliminated until last week’s announcement of a fresh outbreak.
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