New Zealand’s Labour party is stumbling towards defeat – a scare campaign could save them | Henry Cooke

With Jacinda Ardern gone, her party's political capital has been squandered. But a turnaround is possible

It looks like curtains for New Zealand's Labour government.

The party won its best result since 1946 just three years ago, as voters rewarded Jacinda Ardern for keeping Covid-19 out and punished the opposition for its litany of scandals, giving Labour one of every two votes.