And that is simply another reflection of this being a COVID election. The Government is supporting a major upgrade of Timaru’s iconic Theatre Royal and the construction of a new connected Heritage Facility museum and exhibition space with $11.6 million from the Government’s Infrastructure Fund, Jacinda Ardern announced today. Will a Labour government led by the most popular prime minister in New Zealand’s history be incrementalist or transformative in tackling the biggest challenges any government has faced in peacetime? 658 New North Rd, Morningside, Auckland. 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For now, there is much to digest in the sheer scale of the swing against National and the likely shape of the next parliament. New Zealand is the exception, an island nation with natural barriers, but many other countries have been nearly as successful by being equally deferential to science, because they’ve refused to let politics drive the response, because grown-up nations don’t let a cult of personality dance on 200,000 graves. The name might not ring too many bells. Repairs and redevelopment of Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth will bring it back to full use while creating economic stimulus and jobs, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced while visiting the region and the stadium today. Our panel of political analysts deliver their initial responses and predictions. It’s not fail-safe. I’m making just one endorsement. The Government had asked for some work to be done in the area of technology, which was in the early stages, she said. A few newspapers valiantly press on, but those endorsements are not much more than vanity plates in print, especially in provincial communities like ours. This would be a version of sentinel surveillance such as that used to ascertain how the flu spreads. Even Narcissus wasn’t a walking biological weapon. Nothing is with this Strangelove of a virus. New Zealand was successful because the only thing it battled was the virus, not untruths, not a president’s incendiary calls to “liberate” this or that state, and because New Zealand’s leader, unlike Donald Trump, was not the enemy of her own people. When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent. If everything had gone to plan, Jacinda Ardern would have been re-elected Prime Minister of New Zealand on Sept. 19, the 127th anniversary of Kiwi women becoming the first on the planet to … Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, aka Jacinda Ardern, is prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party. I’m endorsing the same person for president, for governor, for state attorney, for county and city commission, for mosquito control, for P-Section prime minister and of course for Beverly Beach mayor. Speaking about contact tracing, she told RNZ: "[it is] where we will most likely [to be], for a long time to come. Rawiri Waititi, who may well take Tamiti Coffey’s seat in Waiariki, is the living embodiment of the success of that struggle. On Sunday, Bloomfield said there had been a significant increase in New Zealand's ability to carry out contact tracing. The other 48 MPs are selected from the party lists. He is currently the editor and publisher of FlaglerLive.com, a non-profit news site in Florida. It’s unlikely they can claw that back to where earlier polls had them. READ MORE: * Coronavirus: Dr Ashley Bloomfield loves it, but what is the flu tracker? Speaking of endorsements, the New England Journal of Medicine has never in its 208-year history done any. You can see the full results and compare them with the 2017 election here. Speaking to various media outlets on Monday morning, Ardern emphasised the need for contact tracing and said that surveillance testing would also start soon. But a lot of people who voted for Labour would not have done so under other circumstances (no Ardern, no COVID). We don't want advertising dollars. As of Saturday, 4909 close contacts had been traced by the NCCS since it was stood up on March 24, with 702 contacts traced in a single day on Thursday. The polls were largely in line with what looks like the final result will be — the Greens have done a bit better, as has Labour, and National appreciably worse. MPs often also have public offices away from Parliament. The information provided is for general informational purposes only. Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. Authorised by Jacinda Ardern MP, Parliament Bldg, Wellington. We want the world to be a better place. Thirty-eight. Tonight Labour is looking like the natural party of government in Aotearoa New Zealand. NZ election 2020: Jacinda Ardern promised transformation — instead, the times transformed her. And it appears undecided voters decided National was not for them this time. Support Our Work -- Join the small group of generous readers who donate, keeping Common Dreams free for millions of people each year. But not anywhere near the sort of cratering that took place in the United States. ACT has been transformed from a tiny grouping of 13,075 party votes in 2017 to win an astonishing 185,723 party votes this year. But the fact that Labour and Jacinda Ardern have provisionally won an outright majority and the mandate to govern New Zealand alone is more than an electoral landslide — it is a tectonic shift. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and grew up rurally. The lists at the bottom of this page provide contact details and can be used for mailing list purposes. Today I am setting out our plan in the event we have a new case of community transmission of COVID-19 in New Zealand. Child Poverty Reduction - Minister. This week Flagler recorded its 1,800th case. Nine-tenths of Trumpism is a viral load we’re not about to be rid of no matter what happens on Nov. 3. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed the General Election will be held on 17 October. While we try to keep the information up-to-date and correct, there are no guarantees, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy or reliability of this information. But we can't do it alone. The editorial’s indictment in the plural is the chilling caution. I endorse Jacinda Ardern. But this year I’m personally going to break that rule and borrow a page from my Zarathustran colleague John Walsh. Thank you. Jacinda Ardern Wins Second Term As New Zealand's Labour Party Takes Control The Labour Party now controls a majority of seats in Parliament, giving it … Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met virtually with Viet Nam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to discuss the importance of the New Zealand-Viet Nam relationship, and to formally announce its elevation to a Strategic Partnership. Phone +64 4 817 8700. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with her partner Clarke Gayford, second left, on stage at Labour’s election night celebration. There were problems with contact tracing where the names of people were not known, she said. Most weeks, following Cabinet, the Prime Minister holds a press conference for members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. Every donation—large or small—helps us bring you the news that matters. She doesn’t need the Greens to govern and their leverage is limited. 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It ended that tradition this week, not quite endorsing Joe Biden, but endorsing giving Donald Trump the boot, which amounts to the same thing. Cardiff, Cardiff [Caerdydd GB-CRD], Copyright © 2010–2020, The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited. London, London, City of, Constructive invisibility, dangerous visibility The two countries co-chaired a virtual summit via video-conference to formally elevate the bilateral relationship to Strategic Partnership. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a second mandate on Saturday in an election landslide of historic proportions. All the same, Jacinda Ardern will be chatting with Green Party leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw (and perhaps the Māori Party, depending on events in Waiariki) about how Labour and the Greens might work together in the 53rd Parliament. For all its colossal medical, technological and economic advantages, the United States failed that test, because we have a failure at the helm, a superspreader worried less about his own staff than about the right camera angles catching the bulk of his next advertisement for himself. This would give health authorities confidence about what was going on in regions, she said. If you can help today—because every gift of every size matters—please do. This would come from the $500 million in Government funding that was announced in March. Jack Vowles, Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington. — "This is not where we want to be," she told RNZ. Contact tracing and strict border restrictions will be the new norm for "a long time to come", Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. — You want to know New Zealand’s rate per 100,000? No social distancing, no masks required, no limits on gatherings. John Tamihere’s close run in Tāmaki Makaurau is more just politics, Auckland style, as usual. If it is indeed the first single party majority under MMP it’s very unlikely to happen again for a long time. * Coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern warns border restrictions will exist for some time * Coronavirus: Nurse's offer to help 'understaffed' NZ contact tracing team rebuffed. This week she also planned to announce stricter border restrictions around quarantine but would not give further information. Prime Minister. This election is tectonic. Common Dreams brings you the news that matters. These MPs represent 65 general electorate seats and seven Māori electorates. In a speech, Charlotte Meyer, 9, summoned the spirit of RBG: "Let’s (all) stand up for one another, and create the world she hoped for.”.
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