New Zealand’s PM a woman to watch

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October 20, 2017 - 12:00 AM

I have a new role model.
Her name is Jacinda Ardern and, at age 37, she has become New Zealand’s new prime minister.
Ardern’s Labour Party won by garnering the support of three minor parties to overcome the conservative-leaning National Party.
As a millennial, Ardern ran on a platform that would resonate here, notably, the obligation to address housing needs, better wages, widening poverty and inequality and climate change.
Ardern’s relentlessly positive attitude that she would be unbowed by such heavy topics attracted voters.
As a teenager,…

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