![New Zealand holds its first elections since Jacinda Ardern resigned earlier this year.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/new-zealand-ardern-elections-10102023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
New Zealand’s election on Oct. 14 is poised to deliver significant change. The last time the country went to the polls, in 2020, then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s successful pandemic response saw her Labour Party rewarded with an absolute majority. Fast-forward three years and New Zealanders now are more grumpy than grateful.