Ardern dangles reshuffle

Ardern dangles reshuffle
Ministers are on notice: reshuffle coming (Image: BusinessDesk)
Pattrick Smellie
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern is considering a traditional mid-term cabinet reshuffle.However, the timing is unclear.When and whether she will do it in the next two months is complicated by a hectic travel schedule as Ardern "reconnects New Zealand" to the United States and Europe.At her Monday post-cabinet press conference – her first since before ANZAC day after a week away in Singapore and Japan – Ardern was asked when she might announce a ministerial shake-up.Ardern is scheduled to be travelling internationally for hal...

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