Ardern to Be Next New Zealand PM, Spelling Changes for Economy, Immigration

Ardern to Be Next New Zealand PM, Spelling Changes for Economy, Immigration
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (C) arrives at a press conference with MPs Kelvin Davis (R) and Craig Robertson at Parliament in Wellington on Oct. 19, 2017.MARTY MELVILLE/AFP/Getty Images
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WELLINGTON—New Zealand will get its youngest prime minister in more than 150 years after the small, nationalist New Zealand First Party agreed to form a new government with Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern, ending the National Party’s decade in power.

The outcome caps a remarkable rise for Ardern, 37, who only took over the party’s top job in August, and marks another victory for a youthful global leader promising change, with big implications for the world’s 11th most traded currency, the central bank, immigration and foreign investment.