FOCUS: Ardern set to retain premiership as New Zealand heads to polls

When New Zealanders vote on Saturday in the country's general election, the question seems not so much whether Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will win re-election to a second term, but by how much.Ardern's first term in office was a baptism of fire, and the way she responded with empathy and kindness has made her international household name.After becoming her center-left Labour Party's youngest-ever leader, less than two months before winning the 2017 election, the 40-year-old has led New Zealand through a once-in-a-century pandemic, a deadly volcanic eruption and the country's worst-ever m…READ FULL ARTICLE