For all the attention Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receives here and abroad, there still seems to be a little trouble with her name. The Otago Daily Times reported Dunedin South MP Clare Curran spelt her new boss's name wrong on a plaque the prime minister unveiled last month. Also last month, an Australian cabinet minister referred to her as 'Jessica' on live television, and at last year's APEC summit Donald Trump confused her for the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. READ MORE:* Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives in a turbulent Tonga* Labour and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern take the lead in new poll* Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes historic speech at upper marae at Waitangi* The name's Ardern, Jacinda Ardern. Ardern is polling up four percentage points to 41 per cent as the country's preferred Prime Minister.

Source: Stuff March 08, 2018 01:24 UTC