A fresh-faced Jacinda Ardern entered office three years ago promising “relentless positivity” — and New Zealand’s leader has needed it in abundance as a succession of catastrophes besieged the nation and tested her mettle. In a hectic first term, Ardern has faced New Zealand’s worst terror attack, a deadly volcanic eruption, the country’s deepest recession in more than 30 years, and the shared global threat of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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