New Zealand PM Ardern Signs Coalition Agreement with Greens

New Zealand PM Ardern Signs Coalition Agreement with Greens
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Labour Election Day party after the Labour Party won New Zealand's general election in Auckland on Oct. 16, 2020. Michael Bradley/AFP via Getty Images
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party on Sunday signed an agreement with the Green Party to form government in the Pacific nation of nearly five million.

Ardern earlier this month delivered the biggest election victory for her left-leaning Labour Party in half a century. Although she no longer needs support from other parties to govern, coalitions are the norm in New Zealand as parties look to build consensus.