New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is facing an uphill battle to woo voters less than three weeks before an election.
was on the campaign trail Monday visiting an art gallery when his guide asked him what he pictured when he looked up at a towering wooden sculpture.
But it perhaps also spoke to the unpretentious, Everyman image that Hipkins likes to project. He appeared more at ease earlier in the day when he'd been talking about home insulation with tradespeople and handing out sausages at a barbecue event to promote renewable energy., the campaign stop in New Plymouth was another chance for Hipkins to woo voters.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Hipkins, 45, said Ardern had been an “incredible” leader but that he had a different style and different priorities. “I’ve always struggled to narrow this down to just one thing because people’s lives don’t rely on just one thing,” he said, adding he was proud of the work he'd done to provide free school lunches, promote apprenticeships and tackle“This is the preeminent challenge facing humanity across the globe right now. That and inequality,” Hipkins said. “And those two things are linked.”
“India is a big market, so therefore it should be part of our international export strategy,” Hipkins said. “But I don’t think we should rush from having one major overseas market to having two major overseas markets. We’ve got to look at market diversification.”
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