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Opinion: Labour gets off to cracking start

Kelly Makiha
By Kelly Makiha
Multimedia Journalist·Rotorua Daily Post·
4 Feb, 2018 01:50 PM2 mins to read

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has shown impressive leadership qualities. Photo / file

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has shown impressive leadership qualities. Photo / file

Saturday marked 100 days since our new Government took office.

For many, Labour, the Greens and New Zealand First taking the reins was a big surprise.

But there's been no rest for the wicked, with new Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern getting quickly cracking into ticking off her to-do list.

If you look at the list, it's impressive. They've achieved everything they've set out to do.

Ardern has also dropped a baby bombshell, yet remains as popular as ever.

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She's clearly got it all together, knows her stuff and is a born leader which has gone a long way to reassuring the country that having a baby amid running a country is all doable.

In 100 days you can do a lot of damage, but there's been no stuff-ups, no scandals and no public revolts.

Labour has even grown in popularity.

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News hub's latest political poll shows Labour is up 5.4 per cent to 42.3 per cent. That's a mighty jump politically speaking.

But the left shouldn't be complacent. National is still the most popular political party - and with a modest rise of 0.1 per cent in the polls, they are showing their popularity isn't waning either.

What should be of concern to the left is the Greens and New Zealand First appear to be losing popularity, down 0.3 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively.

Labour knows only too well it needs its buddies if it's to survive.

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