New Zealand election: Jacinda Ardern sets September date for poll

Prime minister says vote will be held on 19 September after ‘positive, factual and robust’ campaign

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her country’s next general election will be held on 19 September.

On Tuesday, Ardern said the forthcoming election campaign would be “positive, factual and robust”, and that her party had signed up to Facebook’s transparency tool to counter instances of misinformation that had been seen overseas.

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