Politics in a pandemic : Jacinda Ardern and New Zealand's 2020 election / edited by Stephen Levine.

"Politics in a pandemic is the twelfth in a series of election books going back to 1987"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Trevor Mallard -- Preface / Stephen Levine -- Overview of the Election. Politics in a Pandemic: New Zealand's 2020 election / Stephen Levine -- Party Leaders' Perspectives -- The Prime Minister's reflections -- campaigning in the midst of a pandemic / Jacinda Ardern -- Covid-19 and the 'team of five million' / Chris Hipkins -- Growing Green support from a position of government / Marama Davidson and James Shaw -- National: The leader's perspective / Judith Collins -- ACT II / David Seymour -- The 2020 New Zealand election -- views from overseas. Jacindamania in Canada: Coverage in the Great White North / Tina Marie Barton -- The 2020 New Zealand election -- the view from Australia / Nicholas Economou and Zareh Ghazarian -- 'And the winner is... New Zealand': The view from the UK / Tim Bale -- Jacinda Ardern's election -- a European perspective / Aljoscha Kertesz -- A faraway but close relationship -- the view from Chile / Valentina lofty; Mendez -- Media Perspectives. Covering the 2020 election: Platforms and the plague / Henry Cooke -- The 2020 election: A television journalist's perspective / Tova O'Brien -- A tale of two campaigns -- Covid vs chaos: Mainstream media coverage of the lead-up to election 2020 / Mark Boyd -- Social media, online politics and the 2020 election / Sarah Hendrica Bickerton -- 'Getting closer to the truth': The 2020 election cartoons as commentary, protest and critique / Mike Grimshaw -- Public Policy Issues and Jacinda Ardern's Government. The 2020 election, the Covid-19 emergency, and the need to improve our response capacity for even more serious threats / Michael G. Baker -- Well-being and the Covid crunch: The economy and the 2020 election / Simon Chapple -- Housing and the Sixth Labour Government / Brodie Fraser -- The Christchurch shooting and the 2020 New Zealand election / Ayca Arkilic -- New Zealand's foreign and defence policy, 2017-2020 / Robert Ayson -- The Campaign, the Results and the Formation of the Government. 'Here Today, Gone Tomorrow'? New Zealand election signs in 2020 / Nigel S. Roberts -- The 2020 cannabis and euthanasia referendums / Luke D. Oldfield and Lara M Greaves -- Political party funding and the 2020 election / Michael Macaulay -- Performing politics: Leaders' debates in the 2020 election / Geoffrey Craig -- Why Labour won -- survey findings and the 2020 election / Stephen Mills, Marcus Downs and Thomas Butt -- Populism in the 2020 campaign and the departure of New Zealand First / Margaret Joiner -- Maori and the 2020 election / Lara M. Greaves and Ella Morgan -- Echoes: The 2020 election in historical perspective / Cohn James -- 'Window on Wairarapa': Kieran McAnulty and Labour's 2020 Covid campaign / Campbell Garrett -- A campaign for the ages: Chloe Swarbrick, the youth vote and the Auckland Central election / Bonnie Hayvice -- Special votes and the 2020 election / Therese Arseneau and Nigel S. Roberts -- Getting what you're given: Government formation in 2020 / Stephen Church - Epilogue. Jacinda Ardern and political leadership: the story thus far... / Stephen Levine -- Notes -- References - Appendices. Cooperation Agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand -- 2020 Speech from the Throne -- MPs in the 53rd Parliament -- The Government - Contributors -- Index.

"2020 was a year unlike any other. Still in her first term as prime minister, Jacinda Ardern found herself facing her biggest challenge yet - protecting New Zealanders against a worldwide pandemic. By year's end New Zealand had kept its nerve, protected its borders, and for the most part kept its residents alive and well. In the midst of all this an election was held. Politics in a Pandemic provides a deeper understanding of what happened during the election, which was held in the most difficult circumstances facing New Zealand since the Second World War. It includes contributions from the New Zealander of the Year, Jacinda Ardern, and the Wellingtonian of the Year, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker, as well as the National Party's Judith Collins, Greens' co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson, ACT's leader David Seymour, the Minister for Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins, and award-winning journalists Tova O'Brien and Henry Cooke, along with many other reporters, pollsters and academics, together providing 35 perspectives on the election. Personal reflections are complemented by UMR survey results, first-hand campaign accounts, the perspectives of overseas observers, and analysis of everything from political cartoons and billboards to leaders debates, political party funding, policy and populism. It covers the departure of New Zealand First, the return of the Māori Party, nationwide referendums on euthanasia and the legalisation of cannabis, and the Christchurch mosque attacks. But ultimately, the 2020 election was a referendum on Jacinda Ardern's leadership in a time of pandemic. This book explains why she won and what this might mean for the country's future."--Publisher's information.