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Peters joins calls to delay NZ election
New Zealand's deputy PM Winston Peters has sided with the opposition to ask Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to postpone the country's election. A COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland, the country's first in 102 days, prompted calls for Ms Ardern to delay the poll beyond the scheduled September 19 date. On Sunday, Mr Peters dramatically intervened in the debate just hours before Ms Ardern was due to announce her decision, revealing he wrote to her on Friday outlining "real concerns about the state of preparedness of the Electoral Commission". "Our health response must come first and politics second. That remains our view as the ... (full story)