Tag: Jacinda Ardern

President Bongbong Marcos, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern discuss trade, security, workers’ rights

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discussed cooperation between the two countries on trade, security, and the rights of overseas Filipino workers in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the  Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. “Our trade, our connection, has been growing at a steady pace. And we want perhaps after things open up even more and come back to what we all considered to be […]

New Zealand PM unruffled as quake hits mid-interview

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled New Zealand’s North Island early Monday but failed to crack Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s trademark composure as she conducted a live television interview. The quake struck just off the coast before 8:00 am local time (2000 Sunday GMT) at a depth of about 52 kilometres (32 miles) near Levin, about 90 kilometres north of Wellington, the US Geological Survey said. St John Ambulance and […]

PM says New Zealand enduring one of its ‘darkest days’

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) — A solemn New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday the deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch had plunged the country into one of its “darkest days”. “Clearly, what has happened here is an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence,” Ardern said in an address to a shocked nation. A gunman opened fire inside the Masjid al Noor mosque during afternoon prayers, causing multiple fatalities. “Many of those who will have […]

New Zealand PM says poll deadlock may last three weeks

by Neil Sands Agence France-Presse WELLINGTON, New Zealand | (AFP) – New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English said Monday he expects two or three weeks of “tense” negotiations with maverick MP Winston Peters to break the country’s general election deadlock. Peters emerged as kingmaker in Saturday’s election after English’s conservative National Party and the Labour opposition led by Jacinda Ardern both failed to win an outright majority. English was expected to struggle amid the “Jacinda-mania” hype surrounding the charismatic […]