FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/POOL
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's embattled health minister resigned on Thursday after security slip-ups at quarantine facilities where the coronavirus was detected just days after officials declared it had been eliminated from the country.
David Clark's departure, which also followed criticism for his personal breaches of strict lockdown rules earlier in the year, comes as New Zealand heads into a September general election.
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