Tag: jacinda ardern
Josephine Varghese: From Obama to Sunak–do representational milestones mean anything more than symbolism?

Josephine Varghese: From Obama to Sunak–do representational milestones mean anything more than symbolism?

New Zealand media have recently discussed two major representational milestones in politics. Firstly, New Zealand Parliament achieving 50% women’s representation with the induction of Labour list MP Soraya Peke-Mason. Secondly, Rishi Sunak becoming the UK’s first non-White Prime Minister. Major media outlets have been celebrating these events as watershed moments in history. Indeed, these are …

Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern continues to forge a more US-friendly foreign policy

Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern continues to forge a more US-friendly foreign policy

International analyst Geoffrey Miller reads between the lines of Jacinda Ardern’s speech to this week’s US business summit in Auckland Jacinda Ardern is slowly but surely shifting New Zealand’s foreign policy towards the West. That was the underlying theme of a keynote address by New Zealand’s Prime Minister this week. Ardern mentioned China only once …

Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern’s trip to Japan and Singapore about more than just trade

Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern’s trip to Japan and Singapore about more than just trade

International analyst Geoffrey Miller examines the motivations behind Jacinda Ardern’s first foreign trip since February 2020 – and says her tour of Japan and Singapore is about much more than trade This is far from Jacinda Ardern’s first foreign trip – but it almost feels like one. Ardern’s tour of Japan and Singapore this week …

Podcast: Post-election pressure on Jacinda Ardern and Labour – analysis with John AZ Moore

Podcast: Post-election pressure on Jacinda Ardern and Labour – analysis with John AZ Moore

John AZ Moore joins the Democracy Project’s Geoffrey Miller to discuss two recent post-election critiques of Jacinda Ardern and Labour
Jacinda Ardern’s new Cabinet – podcast analysis with John AZ Moore & Geoffrey Miller

Jacinda Ardern’s new Cabinet – podcast analysis with John AZ Moore & Geoffrey Miller

John AZ Moore joins Geoffrey Miller to discuss the PM’s new ministerial lineup
Geoffrey Miller: Stardust across the Middle East – how Arab media covered the New Zealand election

Geoffrey Miller: Stardust across the Middle East – how Arab media covered the New Zealand election

News is not in short supply in the Middle East, and at the weekend, Arabic-language media remained firmly focused on the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh. Nevertheless, the New Zealand election – and above all Jacinda Ardern’s personal success – still received significant attention from Arabic-language TV news channels, newspapers and particularly on …

Critiquing Jacinda Ardern and Labour – Democracy Project weekly review

Critiquing Jacinda Ardern and Labour – Democracy Project weekly review

Critiquing Jacinda Ardern and Labour: John A.Z. Moore joins the Democracy Project’s Geoffrey Miller for an in-depth discussion of three articles by Cat MacLennan, Bryce Edwards and Graham Adams.
Cat MacLennan: Ten dead giveaways that Labour in 2020 will never be transformational

Cat MacLennan: Ten dead giveaways that Labour in 2020 will never be transformational

During the State Opening of Parliament after the 2017 election, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pledged that her administration would be a government of transformation. 31 months later, it is clear that Labour in 2020 will never be transformational. Here are ten dead giveaways that explain why. 1. When the Budget was delivered in May, Finance …

Josh Van Veen: Why politics? Review of Madeleine Chapman’s Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader

Josh Van Veen: Why politics? Review of Madeleine Chapman’s Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader

It is rare for a first-term New Zealand prime minister to be the subject of a biography. Let alone two. But then Jacinda Ardern is no ordinary prime minister. At least, that is what two recent books claim. Michelle Duff’s Jacinda Ardern: The Story Behind an Extraordinary Leader (2019)  is the first attempt at a …

Branko Marcetic: The prime minister should listen to her own mantra: “Be kind”

Branko Marcetic: The prime minister should listen to her own mantra: “Be kind”

As is often the case with crises, the coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for New Zealand’s political leadership. Jacinda Ardern’s decisive and effective health response to the virus has garnered both New Zealand and herself adoring headlines around the world, particularly in countries starving for basic governmental competence. New Zealand’s exceptional handling of the …

Cat MacLennan: Jacinda Ardern’s prime ministership is a tale of two leaders

Cat MacLennan: Jacinda Ardern’s prime ministership is a tale of two leaders

Jacinda Ardern’s prime ministership is a tale of two leaders. In times of crisis, Courageous Jacinda takes centre stage, acting boldly and drawing both domestic and international acclaim. But, in normal times, it is Cautious Jacinda who is to the fore, stepping warily and advancing slowly. The problem with this is that, often, the progress …

Bryce Edwards: Ardern has shone in the coronavirus crisis but a recession could still doom her re-election chances

Bryce Edwards: Ardern has shone in the coronavirus crisis but a recession could still doom her re-election chances

In her short tenure as prime minister, Jacinda Ardern has shown herself to be extremely good in a crisis. After taking on the leadership of the Labour party just seven weeks before the 2017 general election, Ardern has put together a disparate coalition government, had a baby while in office, dealt with the Christchurch terrorist attacks, guided …

Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s masterful performance against Scott Morrison

Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s masterful performance against Scott Morrison

If there were any doubts about Jacinda Ardern’s ability to deliver the goods as a campaigner, then they were quashed by her masterful performance against Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday. Ardern made what is being reported as a “stunning attack” on the Australian Government, while standing alongside the Australian PM in a highly-orchestrated …

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