Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern becomes a dame as New Zealand honours former PM
Ardern, who said she felt conflicted about the honour, was recognised for her service to the country during the pandemic and Christchurch terror attacks
Tess McClure in Auckland
04, Jun, 2023 @10:55 PM

Jacinda Ardern takes up leadership and online extremism roles at Harvard
Former prime minister will likely be overseas during the period of New Zealand’s election in October
Tess McClure in Auckland
25, Apr, 2023 @9:58 PM

After Sanna Marin and Jacinda Ardern, is female representation at the top of politics going backwards?
The growth in the number of female leaders has plateaued around the world, while representation in national parliaments remains static
Jonathan Yerushalmy
05, Apr, 2023 @8:00 PM

Jacinda Ardern says leaders can be ‘sensitive and kind’ in farewell speech
Former New Zealand PM calls for politics to be opened up for all in emotional address to parliament
Tess McClure in Wellington
05, Apr, 2023 @8:30 AM

Jacinda Ardern to tackle online extremism in new role as special envoy for Christchurch Call
Former New Zealand prime minister will push initiative she created in wake of 2019 terrorist attack
Tess McClure in Wellington
04, Apr, 2023 @6:00 AM

New Zealand child poverty rate remains static despite Ardern-era push
The then leader had made improving the lives of the poorest children a key plank of her agenda
Tess McClure in Auckland
23, Mar, 2023 @5:49 AM

First Ardern, now Sturgeon: leaders echo ‘dehumanising’ pressures
Like ex-New Zealand PM, Scotland’s first minister speaks of duty to admit how ‘brutality’ of political life got to her
Caroline Davies
15, Feb, 2023 @6:20 PM

New Zealand government under fire after shelving Christchurch hate speech reforms
Prime minister Chris Hipkins has said his government will refocus on economic issues, after dropping laws put forward after terror attack
Tess McClure in Auckland
09, Feb, 2023 @12:59 AM

New Zealand’s Labour party sees boost in polls after Ardern resignation
Polls conducted after Chris Hipkins became prime minister have given New Zealand’s governing party its best result in a year
Tess McClure in Auckland
31, Jan, 2023 @12:54 AM

Abuse, death threats and riots: New Zealand reckons with a toxic political discourse
Jacinda Ardern became a lightning rod for threats during the pandemic years, but has it changed New Zealand’s relatively civil political landscape forever?
Tess McClure in Auckland
27, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM

‘Her tears were real’: survivors of Christchurch attack weigh up Jacinda Ardern’s legacy
Ardern’s response to the shooting at two mosques is considered by many to be the defining moment in her time as New Zealand prime minister
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
25, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM

Selfies, sendoffs and star power as Jacinda Ardern has her last day in the sun
New Zealand is still deciding what her political legacy will look like, but the crowds at her last engagement gave the sense of the end of an era
Tess McClure in Rātana
25, Jan, 2023 @3:00 AM
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