Jacinda has been a fierce advocate for New Zealand and a great friend to Australia. She has been an inspiration to so many and,on a personal level,a friend to me.
Very few,save for Ardern’s inner circle,had any inkling she was about to make a bombshell announcement on Thursday.
An emotional Ardern revealed she wouldn’t have the energy for a new term after the next election.
In an era dominated by conservative machismo,Ardern stood apart as a striking alternative:young,female and unashamedly progressive.
We need to do more – in Australia and across the Tasman – to recognise the invisible victories,and limited disappointments,of our path-breaking female leaders.
One 29-year-old hadn’t been to New Zealand since he was six. Another with advanced dementia hadn’t lived there since the early 1970s. Despite assurances,Australia continues to send non-citizens back to NZ.
The prime minister’s office says an interview for a new Netflix documentary series was done years ago and that her involvement has nothing to do with the estranged royals.
Social justice attorney Bryan Stevenson and the late US Supreme Court associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will also appear in the new series.
A pang of dissatisfaction lingers around Jacinda Ardern’s government and the outlook does little to inspire confidence as she fights for a third term.
The New Zealand PM was not impressed by the barrage of questions from a right-wing parliamentarian.
Labour were 16-point losers in the weekend’s byelection in Hamilton West,an electorate with a long-standing record of reflecting the national mood.