As lockdowns ease New Zealand and Australia, the political fortunes of the leaders of both countries have soared.
While Jacinda Ardern's success in the polls has lead to a leadership coup in the National Party, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has also surged in the opinion of the public.
A recent poll put his approval rating at sixty-six percent - one of the highest for any Australian leader in years. So is a crisis the best thing an incumbent can hope for?
Morrison's new-found popularity marks a stark change from the bushfire crisis earlier this year, when he was skewered for taking a secretive holiday to Hawaii while fires burned across the country.
Stephen Dziedzic is a political reporter for the ABC in Canberra.
