Jacinda Ardern has said she is “privileged and humbled” to become New Zealand’s next prime minister.
At an eagerly awaited press conference on Thursday, the kingmaker Winston Peters announced that his New Zealand First Party would throw its support behind Ardern’s Labour Party.
This will allow Labour to form a coalition government with NZ First, along with the backing of the Green party, which means Ardern, 37, becomes New Zealand’s third female prime minister.
Ardern, who also becomes New Zealand’s youngest prime minister for 150 years, said she was committed to forming a strong and durable(持久的) government.
“This is an exciting day. We want to be a government for all New Zealanders and one that will seize the opportunity to build a fairer, better New Zealand. We will work hard to make sure New Zealand is once again a world leader, a country we can all be proud of. We said we could do this, and we will do this,” Ardern said.
“For too many New Zealanders capitalism(资本主义) has not been their friend but their foe,” Peters said, adding New Zealanders had been left behind while the political elite got richer.
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