jacinda dern came to power in 2017 and — ardern? power in 2017 and her labour _ ardern? jacinda dern came to power in 2017 and her labour party - in 2017 and her labour party governed for six years. earlier this year, jacinda ardern step—down and she was replaced by a man called chris hipkins. he led the labour party into that 0ctober chris hipkins. he led the labour party into that october and things went pretty badly for labour at the polls. and what we have had is a5 days since that election and the national party has been in negotiation with two minor parties to form a coalition government. so what we have now is the nationals under chris luxton, the new prime minister, have gone into partnership with the libertarian act new zealand party and the populist new zealand first party. so i think what we are seeing now with the repeal of those tough anti—smoking measures is an indication as to how this government or what direction this government will now go. it was making the cost of living a key part of its election promises and is

joining us exclusively, jacinda are dern, former new zealand prime minister.ood to have you with us. talk about how this is a crucial decade for climate. how do you see the earthshot prize playing a role in helping to counter some of the problems we are seeing in the world today? jacinda: we all know we need solutions and we need them quickly. earthshot is based on the idea of kennedy's earthshot, the idea of investing and inspiring within a short amount of time, a decade, to identify and rapidly increase the impact of those innovations, those ideas that are going to make a difference to our climate and to restoring nature. it is across five categories and you will see over the course of the next few days here in singapore just some of the incredible work that is happening globally which we are trying to spread. haslinda: talk us through some of the solutions you are seeing right now. what are you excited about when you see what they have come up with? jacinda: for me, it is the diversity. amongst the finalists that we have here -- and we have 15 finalists, be