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Jacinda Ardern postpones New Zealand election due to coronavirus

Guardian, 17 Aug 2020
Jacinda Ardern has postponed the general election by four weeks, to 17 October, but ruled out delaying it any further, as the country tackles a new outbreak of the coronavirus. The outbreak centres on New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland, after the country had been free of coronavirus cases for 102 days

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