Jacinda Ardern (C), New Zealand's opposition Labour leader, speaks to the press alongside members of her party in Wellington, New Zealand, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand’s 37-year-old opposition leader, Jacinda Ardern, officially launched her election campaign on Sunday, pledging her government would be “bold”, “brave” and tackle rising inequality should it win next month’s election.
Ardern is riding a surge in the polls just three weeks after her appointment to the leadership of the centre-left Labour Party opened up what had been predicted to be a straightforward re-election of the incumbent centre-right government, which has held power for a decade.
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