Audrey Young: Rating Jacinda Ardern s second-term Cabinet after six months
28 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson at the first meeting of the second-term Cabinet on November 6 last year. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson at the first meeting of the second-term Cabinet on November 6 last year. Photo / Mark Mitchell
OPINION:
One of Jacinda Ardern s newest ministers and two experienced ministers have scored highest in the Herald s latest rating for her second-term Cabinet. Next week will be six months since the Government was sworn in
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