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Busy few months of diplomacy gives Ardern an opportunity to mediate between China and the West

Busy few months of diplomacy gives Ardern an opportunity to mediate between China and the West Newshub 8 hrs ago © Getty Images Jacinda Ardern is once again likely to address the ongoing tensions between China and the West. Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of Microsoft News or Microsoft. OPINION: A keynote speech by Jacinda Ardern next week will set the tone for a busy few months of foreign policy activity, culminating in NZ s virtual hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit in November.

Jacinda Ardern didn t feel like she was tough enough for politics

Jacinda Ardern s budget made progress on poverty, but it s not mission accomplished

Jacinda Ardern’s budget made progress on poverty, but it’s not mission accomplished Max Rashbrooke © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images “Today, we close a chapter on our past.” So said New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, on Thursday, as she launched a budget that included the largest increases to benefits since the 1940s. But although she should be congratulated for finally taking concrete steps to attack poverty and inequality, there is a real danger of celebrating too soon. Child poverty is one of our much-lauded prime minister’s signature issues, and she has committed herself to ambitious targets that require hardship rates to be cut by as much as two-thirds by 2028. If achieved, this would be an exceptional feat, a rapid reduction that would place New Zealand among the world’s best performers.

A righting of wrongs as Ardern finally tackles New Zealand s inequality crisis

Progressives have been hoping that Jacinda Ardern would address a worsening crisis in inequality and poverty, especially because a housing crisis and pandemic have been making life a misery for those at the bottom of society. On Thursday her government delivered a significant answer to this, with a big increase in the budget for welfare benefit rates. According to the finance minister Grant Robertson, after the new programme of increases is.

New Zealand draws back from calling Chinese abuses of Uyghurs genocide

New Zealand draws back from calling Chinese abuses of Uyghurs genocide
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