In the Room: Jacinda Ardern's media man on Covid, mosque attacks and the Whakaari eruption
Who came up with the phrase 'the team of five million' to encourage New Zealand to stick with its Covid response? Or arranged the media strategy that saw Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern do the 1pm briefings during the lockdowns? His name is Andrew Campbell and he has just released his book about his time with the former Prime Minister called In The Room. He was Ardern's media man for most of her time on the 9th Floor, dealing with some of the biggest events in recent New Zealand political history. Campbell spoke to Guyon Espiner.
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