In a shock announcement Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that she will be stepping down on February 7th. 
 
This means she will not be standing again as leader of the Labour party, and will not contest the next election. 
 
New Zealand will soon find itself with a new Prime Minister.  So, who could take the reins at Labour? What could next be on the cards for Ardern? And how will this news bombshell reverberate throughout the political landscape? 

Today, Damien is joined by deputy political editor and host of the On the Tiles Podcast, Thomas Coughlan, for a discussion on the announcement that no one saw coming.   

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