Jacinda Ardern and Related Topics

Current ministry, pictured after their swearing-in, in November 2020

Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand

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The Sixth Labour Government has governed New Zealand since 26 October 2017.

Jacinda Ardern is the incumbent Prime Minister.

NZ First, Labour and Green ministers with the Governor-General, October 2017

First meeting of the Cabinet of the Sixth Labour Government, 26 October 2017

It is headed by Jacinda Ardern, the Labour Party leader and prime minister.

Andrew Little (New Zealand politician)

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New Zealand politician and former trade union official, currently serving as Minister of Health and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations.

Little's 'State of the Nation' speech, January 2016

Little (as Labour leader) meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in June 2017

Little served as the Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party from 18 November 2014 until 1 August 2017, when he resigned to make way for Jacinda Ardern.

Winston Peters

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New Zealand politician serving as the leader of New Zealand First since its foundation in 1993.

Peters became an outspoken critic of his party leader, Jim Bolger (pictured in 1992).

Peters on the campaign trail in Auckland, c. 1993

Peters had a strained relationship with Prime Minister Jenny Shipley (pictured), who sacked him from Cabinet.

Winston Peters greets US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Auckland Airport in 2008

Peters at the Europa Lecture 2008, University of Auckland

Peters talking to Bryce Edwards as a part of the Vote Chat forum at the University of Otago, 2011

Peters with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy at the swearing-in of the new Cabinet on 26 October 2017

Peters meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 17 July 2018

Peters speaks to Grey Power members, August 2011

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern subsequently appointed Peters as deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs.

The House of Representatives after the election, showing the resulting kingmaker position held by NZ First.

2017 New Zealand general election

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The 2017 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 23 September 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament.

Highest polling party in each electorate.

Party affiliation of winning electorate candidates.

Ardern campaigning at the University of Auckland, 1 September 2017

The main opposition parties to the National government were Labour (the official opposition), led by Jacinda Ardern, the Green Party, and New Zealand First.

The 2014 electoral boundaries showing electorates out of tolerance following the 2018 census and Māori electoral option. Orange electorates were more than 5% above quota and therefore had to drop population. Blue electorates were more than 5% below quota and therefore had to add population.

2020 New Zealand general election

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Held on Saturday 17 October 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd parliament.

Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy (right) issues the writ for the election before the chief electoral officer, Alicia Wright (left), on 13 September 2020.

Election hoardings lining the Dunedin Northern Motorway, August 2020

Results of the 2020 general election. From left to right: general electorate winners, Māori electorate winners, and numbers of List MPs.

Map of party votes in each electorate. Labour won the most party votes in 71 of the 72 electorates, losing only Epsom.

Parliamentary makeup prior to the 2020 election.
Government:
Labour (46)
NZ First (9)
Green (8)
Opposition:
National (55)
ACT (1)
Independent (1)

The governing Labour Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, won the election in a landslide victory against the National Party, led by Judith Collins.

Christchurch mosque shootings

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On 15 March 2019, two consecutive mass shootings occurred in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Linwood Islamic Centre, March 2020. At the time of the shootings there was a building at the front of the section and access was along a driveway to the left.

Gun used in the shootings, marked up with text referencing extreme right-wing ideologies and previous terrorist attacks

Armed police outside Christchurch courthouse during Tarrant's sentencing

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited members of the Muslim community at the Phillipstown Community Hub in Christchurch the day after the attack.

Patsy Reddy laying flowers at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens on 19 March

Vigil in Wellington for the victims of the attack

Politicians and world leaders condemned it, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described it as "one of New Zealand's darkest days".

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

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Green and left-wing political party in New Zealand.

Green Party supporters in Christchurch attending a demonstration, 1 December 2012

Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons

Former Green Party co-leader Rod Donald.

The party's sharp drop in the opinion poll was attributed to negative publicity around the Green Party's infighting and the ascension of Jacinda Ardern as leader of the center-left Labour Party, the Greens' nominal ally.

Grant Robertson

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New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party who has served as the deputy prime minister of New Zealand since 2020 and the minister of Finance since 2017.

Robertson at post-budget meeting in 2011.

Robertson speaking to a rally opposing the National Government's changes to University Councils, at the University of Otago, October 2013

Robertson at Government House, Wellington, in 2015

Robertson flanked by Prime Minister Ardern and Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy in November 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appointed him to the Finance portfolio in the Sixth Labour Government.

New Zealand First

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Nationalist and populist political party in New Zealand.

Winston Peters founded the party in 1993

National Party leader and caretaker Prime Minister Bill English signalled an interest in forming a coalition with New Zealand First, while Labour leader Jacinda Ardern considered a three-way coalition with New Zealand First and the Greens.