May 4, 2024

Conservatives Sweep to Victory in New Zealand, Ousting Lockdown Queen Ardern’s Party

(AFP) — New Zealanders resoundingly elected a new conservative government Saturday, with incumbent Prime Minister Chris Hipkins conceding his centre-left Labour party’s six years in power were over. Hipkins, who replaced charismatic two-term leader Jacinda Ardern in January, said he was “not in a position to form a government” and had already congratulated premier-in-waiting Christopher

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