Ardern sinks despite constant TV exposure

Ardern sinks despite constant TV exposure
Daily appointment viewing with the PM is not helping her ratings. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Pattrick Smellie
New Zealand’s second hard covid-19 lockdown is proving less kind to prime minister Jacinda Ardern than the first level 4 lockdown following the arrival of covid in New Zealand last March, according to the latest One News Colmar Brunton poll.Ardern’s preferred prime minister rating fell four percentage points to 44% in the latest poll of 1,001 voters, taken between Wednesday Sept 22 and Sunday Sept 26, while support for Labour fell three points to 43% as the lockdown dragged on.During last year’s lockdown from late March to ear...

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