Jacinda Ardern's Covid response looks set to dominate New Zealand election

PM's management of pandemic and politics of kindness' place her well ahead for Saturday's vote

It's been called the Covid election, with stability the order of the day.

But it has turned into the weirdest general election campaign New Zealanders have ever seen, with most of the country desperate for it to be over and some semblance of normality to resume in a deeply abnormal year.