New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern's 2 minute challenge goes viral

The video gained instant popularity amongst the people with over 7.5k comments and 46k shares

Political parties and representatives have over the years indulged in social media campaigns to up their game.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took to her Facebook page to share a 2-minute video wrapping up two years of her being head of state.

https://www.facebook.com/jacindaardern/videos/3087161944643747/

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She was challenged by her own team to do so within two minutes however, she finished within two minutes and 56 seconds.

ICYMI: @jacindaardern took on the challenge to run through two years' worth of Government achievements in two minutes. See how she got on ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/vuse252gWw

— New Zealand Labour (@nzlabour) November 4, 2019

Ardern took this opportunity to publicise her governments’ achievement and policies in the video which gained instant popularity amongst the people with over 7.5k comments and 46k shares.

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The video drew amazing response along with criticism, here are some of the Twitter response to the video.

 

👏 awesome, am so jealous. What an amazing PM.

— Mohammed J Aakef (@MJAakef) November 4, 2019

Good on you @jacindaardern !!! It’s not easy and there’s lots more to do. Well done in showing leadership!

— Leola Abraham (@Springs2Mind) November 5, 2019

 

cant wait to see what's in store for the next 3 years so much more to do but its a great start

— Bradley Nathan Coe (@PowderPuffPlay) November 4, 2019

This is a Government of propaganda and manipulation. All spin and very little achievement that can be attributed to them (and not their predecessors).

— Earthyundertones ⭐ (@Earthyundertone) November 4, 2019

 

Even New Zealand's National party didn't hold back from taking a dig at Prime Minister's video too.

We fixed the PM's video for her. pic.twitter.com/okASBaN0x6

— NZ National Party (@NZNationalParty) November 4, 2019

With Facebook and Twitter taking an active effort in banning political ads from their social media platform however, such videos can be used during election campaigns to gain publicity amongst the public.

This article was originally published on The Straits Times.