Tag: Amy Adams

It's a question many New Zealanders genuinely don't know the answer to. * Ardern takes her place among Commonwealth leaders * Russia dominates PM Jacinda Ardern's talks in London * Ardern to join May, Turnbull at security meeting We live in the age of personality politics, and Bridges and Ardern both have problems, just not the same ones. Bridges, however, is sat in Opposition, with his party of 56 MPs in first place in the polls on 44 per cent, but voters aren't too sure about him leading the country. Bridges followed Joyce's steps into communications, transport and economic development ministerial roles but, because Joyce had so much influence and power as both John Key and Bill English's right-hand man, Bridges was only ever a behind-the-scenes man. The 1 News/Colmar Brunton poll this week saw Labour fall to 43 per cent, the Greens and NZ First rose to 6 and 5 per cent, respectively. On the surface the coalition Government will be happy, and in the most preferred prime minister poll, Ardern is on 37 per cent compared to Bridges' 10. The results showed 35 per cent thought Ardern was doing a good job, 50 per cent said it was OK, and 11 per cent said it was bad. That's 85 per cent of those polled who think she's handling problems well, which means a chunk of National voters are happy with her political management. Picking away at Labour has been pretty easy for the new leader so far – not least because its policy announcements that have hit the regions in recent weeks have fallen into portfolios Bridges used to be the minister of, namely transport and energy. Bridges didn't need to call for her resignation, in fact he barely needed to lift a finger.