New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Signs Consumer Goods Deal With Australian University

Monash University Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Rebekah Brown with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on July 5, 2022. Image supplied by Monash University

Australia’s Monash University in Victoria hosted New Zealand (NZ) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday to sign a new agreement designed to help five Kiwi companies develop innovative consumer goods for Australian and international markets.

This comes as part of Ardern’s five-day visit to Australia, during which she also met with Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and will attend the annual Australia New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting in Sydney from July 6 to 8.