Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern greets a crowd on the campaign trail in Christchurch New Zealand. Photo / Logan ChurchInternational risk assessment firm Fitch Solutions has advised clients that Jacinda Ardern will serve a second term as New Zealand Prime Minister. But the report, headlined Second Term Likely In The Bag For Prime Minister Ardern In New Zealand suggests Ardern's "star quality has faded" in this campaign. "We expect her centre-left Labour Party to secure another comfortable majority," the Fitch Solutions said in its pre-election briefing for investors. "In fact, political critics have argued that the prime minister cuts a dower figure now in comparison to her effervescence in 2017.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 14, 2020 02:48 UTC