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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND—New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a second term in office Saturday in an election landslide of historic proportions. With most votes counted, Ardern’s liberal Labour Party was winning 49 per cent of the vote compared to 27 per cent for its… Read More »New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern wins second term in election landslide

SYDNEY—New Zealand’s popular prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is expected to return to power in this week’s general election, with polls giving her Labour Party a comfortable double-digit lead over the more conservative National Party. An especially strong showing might even give Labour the country’s first… Read More »Will Jacinda Ardern win a second term? New Zealand’s election, explained