Jacinda Ardern must use her power to push New Zealand to more progressive politics
(WorldNews Asia)

Jacinda Ardern was travelling in a taxi in July 2017, two months before the election that would make her prime minister, whenarguably the most important message in her nine-year parliamentary career came through. Labour`s poll results were crashing, the message said, and the party leader – the austere Andrew Little – was considering stepping down. Would Ardern, the then deputy leader, consider stepping up? In the following days calls went back and forth. The party activists (and MPs at risk of losing their seats) were in the pits, and Little told the country`s...