Stuff: A shock resignation, and the enduring hate towards Jacinda Ardern
- Part 1: Love and Hate: How Jacinda Ardern polarised a nation
- Part 2: The terror and tragedies that defined Jacinda Ardern’s first term as PM
- Part 3: Popularity and pain: How the tide turned against Jacinda Ardern
- Part 4: Mandates, lockdowns
- Part 5: A shock resignation, and the enduring hate towards Jacinda Ardern
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Despite the rise and fall in popularity, Ardern’s tenure was packed with a remarkable series of crises to deal with. But there were also policies pushed through that are often forgotten including:
- Seven free-trade deals/upgrades
- Banning conversion therapy
- Matariki public holiday
- School lunches programme
- Medical cannabis
- Air Force fleet upgrades
- Doubling sick leave
- Extending paid parental leave
- Banning plastic bags, straws, and microbeads
- Re-entering Pike River
- 2,250 new classrooms
- Pay equity settlements
- Healthy home standards.
Stuff: Inside US President Donald Trump’s whirlwind decision to blow up global trade
While precisely who proposed that option remains unclear, it bears some striking similarities to a methodology published during Trump’s first administration by Peter Navarro, now the president’s hard-charging economic adviser. After its debut in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, the crude math drew mockery from economists as Trump’s new global trade war prompted a sharp drop in markets.
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He’s at the peak of just not giving a f..k any more," said a White House official with knowledge of Trump’s thinking. “Bad news stories? Doesn’t give a f..k. He’s going to do what he’s going to do. He’s going to do what he promised to do on the campaign trail.”
NYT: Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats
As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn’t be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out opposing voices.
Last Updated: 04.Apr.2025 16:19 EDT
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