EDITORIAL: Jacinda Ardern showed the right combination of flexibility and backbone by moving the election date a month back. NZ First, National and Act had called for a delay to the September 19 election following the campaign disruption caused by the Covid-19 resurgence, and the compressed time for election campaigning. READ MORE:* Election 2020: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delays the election a month until October 17* Coronavirus: Winston Peters urges Jacinda Ardern to delay election, citing Covid-19 outbreak* Jacinda Ardern will announce election decision Monday morningWhether they’re truly satisfied or not, the combativeness of recent days appears to have evaporated following Ardern’s decision announced on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, for a while there, was threatening to withdraw confidence over the issue. The delay does of course mean the Government's Covid-19 response is being put to the test for longer than initially planned.

Source: Stuff August 17, 2020 16:52 UTC