PM Christopher Luxon says Dame Jacinda Ardern is his modern day hero

A political storm erupted this week after ACT Party leader David Seymour took aim at Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi for naming African military leader Ibrahim Traoré as his "modern-day hero." Traoré, who seized power in Burkina Faso via a coup, has been widely condemned on the world stage for suppressing elections, banning homosexuality, and ove…