Jacinda Adern, New Zealand’s prime minister, smiles after casting her ballot at a polling station in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Photographer: Brendon O’Hagan/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- On an Oct. 1 campaign visit to Nelson, a small city at the top of New Zealand’s South Island, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was mobbed by supporters as she walked through the streets. Cries of “We love you, Jacinda!” were common as she moved through the maskless throng, mostly women and children clamoring for selfies. The prime minister declined to shake hands, but she happily bumped elbows.