Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is asking her ministers to prioritise policy over the summer break, saying the Government needs a clear focus on the economy in 2023. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has asked her Cabinet ministers to reconsider their policy priorities over the summer break, signalling contentious policies may be cut for the coming election year. We do need to trim back the amount of issues that we are progressing as a Government,” Ardern said. READ MORE:* Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reflects on the year, plans for the summer* Can New Zealand's most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general? * Nanaia Mahuta will be foreign minister and the first woman to do the jobROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has indicated some policies might get the chop.
