PM Who Ran New Zealand Into the Ground During COVID Flees Country for Greener Pastures
13th March 2026
Now that Rohan has been thoroughly pillaged and the hordes of Mordor are approaching Minas Tirith, former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is leaving the shores of Middle Earth.
Ardern rose to fame for her totalitarian lockdown measures during Covid. Her government essentially locked the island nation down for two years. The tourism industry – huge in New Zealand – was devastated. The economy stagnated.
Almost two years into the lockdowns, Ardern finally gave citizens permission to visit their friends and joked about letting them use their friends’ bathrooms.
A 2022 study looked at the mental health effects on New Zealand due to New Zealand’s isolation from the rest of the world combined with these strict policies, “considered amongst the most stringent response to the pandemic globally.”
Like many other places, the closure of schools and businesses led to depression and suicide that killed many more young people than the virus ever would. It delayed learning and social skills for an entire generation and destroyed social cohesion and trust in government.
None of these measures stopped the spread of Covid.