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New Zealand PM set to announce September 19 general election - reports

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during an interview with Reuters in Wellington, New Zealand, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yiming Woo.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is set to announce a general election will be held on Sept. 19, the New Zealand Herald reported on Tuesday.

Ardern will make the announcement at a news conference at 0200 GMT, media reports said.

The next general election is due by November. The last was in September 2017.

(Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Kim Coghill)

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