After the excitement of her US visit and White House call, PM Jacinda Ardern is now engaged in the harsh realities of running a government that appears to be crumbling by the week.
Ministers are tripping over themselves – this week it was Police Minister Poto Williams who became the butt of Opposition calls for her to be sacked. Then there were the polls charting a governing party’s falling popularity, despite a huge spend-up in the latest budget.
The One News Kantar poll at the end of May put Labour’s support down at 35%. Then came the Roy Morgan poll which had Labour even lower, at 31.5%.
