BLAZING HER OWN TRAIL
Jun 05, 2020
4 minutes
COMPILED BY RICHARD VAN RENSBURG
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IT WAS hard to imagine she could become even more popular than she was when sworn in as prime minister three years ago.
Even then pundits called it Jacinda-mania – the wave of adoration that swept across New Zealand when she took over as the No 1 citizen of her country.
But Jacinda Ardern, the youngest Kiwi prime minister in 150 years, has achieved what few politicians across the globe have in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.
She’s not only kept down crisis levels in the nation of some five million people but also seen her popularity soar at home and abroad thanks to the special brand of leadership she’s shown, especially in recent weeks.
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