Wellington
The present prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has achieved a great success in containing coronavirus in her country and has become more popular for going towards a landslide win in the national election to be held in September. Ardern’s centre-left Labour Party was up 14 points at 56.5%, a Newshub-Reid Research poll published Monday found, with her rating as preferred prime minister surging 20.8 points to 59.5%. The survey also indicated an overwhelming 91.6% backing for Ardern’s COVID-19 response, which involved a strict seven-week lockdown that appears to have the virus under control. Support for the conservative National opposition slumped 12.7 points to 30.6% in the poll, with its leader Simon Bridges on 4.5% as preferred Prime Minister — down 6.1 points.
