Yep, Ardern is a good leader. Respectful to her priorities. Comfortable in her place. No bullshit.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Explains Why The UN Laughed At Trump
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Knowing that her response could set off a war, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern answers whether the UN General Assembly was laughing *with* or *at* Donald Trump.
Contrasting styles: Trump and Ardern speak at the UN
•Sep 28, 2018
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In her first speech to the UN General Assembly, New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern espoused global cooperation and kindness, in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s portentous rejection of globalism earlier in the week
New Zealand beat Covid-19 by trusting leaders and following advice – study
"Ardern's popularity has soared in recent weeks with about 84 percent of New Zealanders approving of her government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. - Any pol who gets 84% of their country's approval MUST be doing something right!"
Exclusive: Research finds citizens had high level of knowledge about coronavirus and how it spread
Study respondents gave Jacinda Ardern and health director general Dr Ashley Bloomfield “high praise” for their leadership during the coronavirus crisis. Photograph: Getty Images
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Published on Fri 24 Jul 2020 06.00 AEST
The secrets to New Zealand’s success at eliminating coronavirus has been revealed by university researchers, who have found compliance with basic hygiene practices and trust in authorities was at nearly 100%.
Researchers at Massey University interviewed more than 1,000 people post-lockdown, to investigate how New Zealanders responded to the pandemic.
“We came together as a country, in part because we believed in our political and health experts to deliver and they did,” said Dr Jagadish Thaker, a senior lecturer at the school of communication, journalism & marketing at Massey University.
“Simple, clear health messages, communicated with kindness and empathy, resonate with people, even when they are demanding tough changes.”
A total of 22 people died in New Zealand of the disease and less than 1,500 were infected, after stringent border controls were introduced and a nationwide lockdown came into force on 25 March – one of the earliest in the world.
Researchers found that New Zealanders had a high level of knowledge about the disease and how it was spread, with eight out of ten respondents saying they adopted frequent hand-washing behaviours, while 9 out of 10 said they practised social distancing.
“About nine in ten New Zealanders know about the symptoms, protective behaviours, and about the asymptomatic transmission. A large majority of New Zealanders correctly identified false or misleading statements.”
New Zealanders also showed a high level of knowledge that enabled them to dispel some of the common myths regarding coronavirus, with 94% of respondents knowing that it was false that only elderly people get infected, and that 5G towers were spreading it.
In mid-May New Zealand began to loosen lockdown restrictions and two months later the country has largely returned to normal, apart from the borders remaining closed.
Despite the country’s success at eliminating the virus, researchers found the pandemic had taken a significant toll on New Zealanders’ lives, with nearly one in five reporting they or a family member had lost a job, had filed for unemployment benefits, or been unable to pay monthly bills.
Four out of ten respondents also noted that they or a household member had felt depressed or had trouble sleeping.
New Zealand’s Indigenous population was disproportionately affected by the crisis, with Maori twice as likely to report they or a household member had lost a job, was unable to pay monthly bills, or had signed on for unemployment benefits, compared with New Zealand Europeans.
Maori were also more likely to report other economic consequences, distress or lack of access to adequate medical care during the emergency.
Following the lockdown the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern achieved the highest approval ratings of her three-year cycle and became the most popular leader in a century.
Epidemiologists working on managing the spread of the disease in New Zealand singled her out for praise.
“When political will backs science, we save lives,” Thaker said.
However, it was not all good news. One in three New Zealanders thought that the coronavirus was created in a lab, while about one in four thought that exposure to sun or extreme heat can prevent or kill the coronavirus.
Thacker said he found an “overwhelming support to reduce or restrict immigration and tourism; seen as a backbone of the economy” surprising, but expected the usual positive attitudes of Kiwis to bounce back once the world learnt to better deal with the health crisis.
Yep, Ardern is a good leader. Respectful to her priorities. Comfortable in her place. No bullshit. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Explains Why The UN Laughed At Trump
Jacinda Ardern hits back at Donald Trump's 'patently wrong' coronavirus claim
Trump is really a very sick man. EVERYTHING is about him.
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament on 12 August, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand Source: Getty
New Zealand announced another 13 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. Updated Updated 15 hours ago
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday slapped down Donald Trump's talk of an out-of-control coronavirus "surge" in New Zealand as "patently wrong".
She expressed dismay after the US president exaggerated the new virus outbreak in New Zealand as a "huge surge" that Americans would do well to avoid.
"Anyone who is following," Ms Ardern said, "will quite easily see that New Zealand's nine cases in a day do not compare to the United States' tens of thousands."
"Obviously, it's patently wrong," she added of Mr Trump's remarks, in unusually blunt criticism from an American ally.
New Zealand had been hailed as a global success story after eradicating local transmission of the virus and Ms Ardern was lauded as the "anti-Trump".
But the recent discovery of a cluster in Auckland forced the country's largest city back into lockdown.
New Zealand reported 13 new cases on Tuesday.
At an election rally in Minnesota on Monday, Mr Trump jumped on the new lockdown as evidence his critics - who held up New Zealand as an example - were wrong.
"You see what is going on in New Zealand," Mr Trump told supporters. "They beat it; they beat it. It was like front page (news), they beat it because they wanted to show me something."
Citing a "big surge in New Zealand", Mr Trump added: "It's terrible. We don't want that."
New Zealand, with a population of five million, has around 1,300 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began roughly eight months ago and around 70 active cases.
The United States, on the other hand, is the hardest-hit nation in the world with well over five million cases and more than 170,000 deaths.
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It is not the first time that Mr Trump and Ms Ardern - a relatively young, centre-left leader - have clashed.
Shortly after her stunning election win in 2017, Mr Trump met her at a summit in Vietnam and joked she had "caused a lot of upset in her country".
"You know, no one marched when I was elected," she retorted, referring to the protests that followed Mr Trump's victory in 2016.
Both leaders are heading into elections in the coming weeks, and for both, trading barbs is likely to play well with supporters.
Go get'im Jacinda! Jacinda Ardern slams Scott Morrison after alleged ISIS terrorist stripped of citizenship
Known for her restraint and diplomacy, NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern lost it today at a press conference — and it’s all because of Australia.
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A “visibly furious” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has slammed the Morrison government, saying “they did not act in good faith” after an alleged ISIS terrorist who travelled to Syria on an Australian passport was detained in Turkey with her two children.
The woman held dual citizenship for Australia and New Zealand, but lived in Australia since she was six years old, and travelled to Syria on her Australian passport.
While she was gone, the Australian government revoked her citizenship as part of a policy to strip dual-citizenship from terrorists.
She now is considered legally to be only a New Zealand citizen.
“I never believe that the right response was to simply have a race to revoke people’s citizenship … We will put our hands up when we need to own the situation, we expected the same of Australia. They did not act in good faith,” Ms Ardern said on Tuesday.
Ms Ardern said her government “firmly believe” the woman should return to Australia, and has “repeatedly communicated that view to the Australian government at the highest levels”.
“It is wrong that New Zealand should shoulder the responsibility for a situation involving a woman who has not lived in New Zealand since she was six, has resided in Australia since that time, has her family in Australia and left for Syria from Australia on her Australian passport.
“Any fair minded person would consider this person an Australian and that is my view too,” Ms Ardern said.
She said she’d personally made the point directly to Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia had “abdicated its responsibilities in relation to this person”.
The woman travelled to Syria on an Australian passport. Source:istock
The Australian Institute of International Affairs has argued the policy .. https://cutt.ly/hk1vO2c .. of cancelling citizenship “offers no solution to global terror threats”.
Ms Ardern has said the chief priority is the welfare of the two children.
“These children were born in a conflict zone through no fault of their own,” Ms Ardern said.
“Coming to New Zealand, where they have no immediate family, would not be in their best interests. We know that young children thrive best when surrounded by people who love them. We will be raising these points with the Australian Government.
“We will be engaging with the Turkish authorities, and given there are children involved, their welfare will be top of mind in our response.”
Asked about it at a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Morrison said it was his job to “put Australia’s national security interests first” and that as part of the legislation citizenship is cancelled “automatically … and that has been a known part of Australia’s law for some time”.
He said he would be speaking with Ms Ardern on the topic later today, as the pair have done before.
“There is still a lot more unknown about this case and where it sits and where it may go next,” Mr Morrison added.
[INSERT: That's a classic bs duck-and-weave statement by Australia's present ever-oily conservative prime minister.]
Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference on Tuesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage Source:News Corp Australia
Child aid development agency Save The Children Australia’s deputy CEO Mat Tinkler sided firmly with the New Zealand Prime Minister, saying she was “dead right” to prioritise the welfare of the two children, despite the alleged crimes of their mother.
“The safety and wellbeing of the young children involved in this case must be the priority.
“They’ve already been through hell, through absolutely no fault of their own.”
Mr Tinkler said there were families “here in Australia” who were ready to “love and care for these young children”, and that the government “must take responsibility for its citizens, not shirk responsibility to other countries”.
AAP’s New Zealand correspondent Ben McKay took to Twitter to provide context for Ms Ardern’s comments, quoting a NZ press gallery veteran saying it was “the angriest I’ve ever seen her”.
Ben McKay @benmackey
Here's NZ PM Jacinda Ardern's blast at Australia today in Wellington. In the words of one senior gallery journo, 'that's the angriest I've ever seen her'
It stood out to me that she revealed her personal representation, throwing Scott Morrison under the bus
ABC foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic described Ms Ardern as “visibly furious”.
It was a surprising departure from the usual diplomacy of the New Zealand Prime Minister, but that doesn’t mean it should come as a shock (especially not to Mr Morrison, who Ms Ardern said she’d “continuously” warned would not receive much diplomacy from her if the woman required support from New Zealand).
“New Zealand, frankly, is tired of having Australia export its problems,” Ms Ardern said.
In March 2019, an Australian terrorist who travelled to New Zealand for the purpose of carrying out a terrorist attack killed 51 worshippers at mosques in Christchurch.
Ahad Nabi, whose father Haji Daoud Nabi was killed in Al Noor mosque by an Australian white supremacist terrorist, delivers a victim impact statement at the terrorist’s sentencing in a now iconic picture from the trial last year. Picture: John Kirk-Anderson / AFPSource:AFP
Following his sentencing to life without parole, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said the terrorist “should be returned to the country that raised him”.
“It’s normal practice that criminals convicted of these offences serve their sentences in that jurisdiction, and that’s my understanding of what the arrangements are and no request has been made to Australia for that to be any different,” Mr Morrison said at the time.
New Zealand taxpayers are now facing a bill of tens of millions of dollars for the terrorist to be kept in prison until he dies.
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