NZ PM Ardern touts success in tackling pandemic in poll push

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday burnished her leadership credentials on the back of her successful response to the coronavirus pandemic at a campaign rally six days ahead of the country's election on October 17.

Polls show Ardern's Labour Party is expected to win the election with a wide lead over the conservative National Party, and could form government in a coalition with the Greens and New Zealand First.