Second COVID inquiry: why being politically prepared for the next pandemic is crucial
Lynn Grieveson Getty Images COVID 19 changed the course of New Zealand s political history. Labour s 50% of the vote in 2020 came from a huge electoral swing as a reward for the main coalition party s effective evidence based policies, and then prime minister Jacinda Ardern s leadership. It gave the party the first (and possibly last) single party majority under the MMP proportional system. But as the second report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID 19 says, “New Zealand s exit from
Lynn Grieveson Getty Images COVID 19 changed the course of New Zealand s political history. Labour s 50% of the vote in 2020 came from a huge electoral swing as a reward for the main coalition party s effective evidence based policies, and then prime minister Jacinda Ardern s leadership. It gave the party the first (and possibly last) single party majority under the MMP proportional system. But as the second report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID 19 says, “New Zealand s exit from
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