Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand government will provide $921 million in four years in order to support countries affected by climate change. Jacinda Ardern stated that they will increase their support by a quadruple in the same issue. Furthermore, the $921 million investment will help in supporting clean energy projects in the developing countries. Climate Change minister claimed half of the climate finance commitment will be towards supporting New Zealand's… read-more

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has been placed at the top of the Fortune’s world’s 50 greatest leaders list for successfully tackling COVID-19 in the country. Interestingly, the CEO of Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, also made it to the list for boosting vaccine production by 90% in India's COVID crisis. Other leaders in the list include Paypal CEO Daniel H Schulman, NBA Rescuers and Jessica Tan among others.

New Zealand has declared a climate emergency while pledging to make its public sector carbon-neutral by 2025. With this commitment, it joined the club of Japan, Canada, France and Britain who have already declared climate emergency. It also set aside $141 million fund to replace coal boilers with electric ones. New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern said the decision was in accordance with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's… read-more

People of New Zealand have, in huge majority, favoured legalizing euthanasia while opinions are still divided on use of ‘recreational marijuana’. Both the proposals had gone for a binding referendum and the special votes are yet to be counted. Supporting euthanasia, a lawmaker said it will help people attain a dignified death. Those against marijuana argued that, if legalized, it could be a cause for mental-health problems and accidents.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern began her election campaign on September 7, after the dissolution of Parliament. She promised to honour the Maoris, if re-elected for another term as people across the country want it to be a holiday. However, the opposition ACT party claimed irrelevant during current situation and commented that she is “not fit to govern”. The elections delayed due to Covid-19, and will take place on October 17.