Jacinda Ardern has delivered an impassioned defence of her government's record on crime after national protests sparked by the murder of a dairy worker in her electorate.
The dairy, or what New Zealanders call corner stores, is a cherished part of Kiwi culture and, more recently, a crime flashpoint due to an uptick in opportunistic ram-raids and offences.
On Monday, dairy workers walked off the job for two hours in solidarity at the death of Janak Patel, who was murdered outside the Rose Cottage Superette in inner Auckland last week.
