"Ultimately, the 17th of October... provides sufficient time for parties to plan around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under, ' Ardern said in a news conference
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday postponed the general election by four weeks to Oct. 17 but ruled out delaying it any further, as the country tackles a new outbreak of the coronavirus.
"Ultimately, the 17th of October... provides sufficient time for parties to plan around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under," Ardern said in a news conference.
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