Huge expectations now rest on the newly re-elected Ardern government. Just as the pioneering Labour government did in the 1930s under Michael Joseph Savage and the fourth Labour government did under David Lange in the 1980’s, it has won a stronger mandate to fulfill its programme.
So will it become truly transformational – as it first promised in 2017 – or will the economic recession threatening NZ overwhelm the new ministry?
Election night delivered a fairy-tale outcome for the politician dubbed by The Economist as “Jacindarella” , but will the second term not only restore NZ to full employment and prosperity but confirm the Ardern government as the most progressive since the days of its founding prime minister?
Already lobby groups are hammering at the door.
Working people and their unions have expectations that a new government without a handbrake will move faster and further to support people and the environment, says the CTU’s Richard Wagstaff. Continue reading “Without brakes there should be no holding back Ardern – and the lobbyists are signalling their great expectations”