Fran O'Sullivan: Earthquake on top of Covid a reminder for Ardern to share the reins 5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Jacinda Ardern's move to let Emergency Management Minister Kiritapu Allan front the tsunami briefings yesterday was a big step forward for them both. Photo / File Jacinda Ardern's move to let Emergency Management Minister Kiritapu Allan front the tsunami briefings yesterday was a big step forward for them both. Photo / File OPINION: Mother Earth sent a powerful reminder at 2.27am yesterday that the Covid-19 pandemic is not the biggest existential threat New Zealand faces. That earthquake at a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale was