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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Jacinda Ardern calls record low approval ratings a price worth paying for keeping country safe from Covid

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New Zealan prime minister Jacinda Ardern is not too concerned about her low approval ratings right now even though they are the worst since she was elected.

The low approval rating was “perhaps a price” she had to pay to keep New Zealand safe during the pandemic, she has said. New Zealand witnessed some of the strictest restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19.

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