The highs and lows of Jacinda Ardern’s time as New Zealand PM

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Since becoming the world’s youngest female head of government in October 2017, at age 37, Ms Ardern has become one of the most-admired politicians on the planet. Read more at straitstimes.com.

just months before she was expected to run for a third term in office, saying she no longer has the energy or inspiration to continue as the country’s prime minister.

at two mosques in the South Island city of Christchurch, killing 51 people, while live-streaming the attack to social media. Within days of the attack, Ms Ardern had moved to ban military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles and established a nationwide buyback of the weapons. Her swift actions were routinely compared to the United States, where a string of gun massacres have failed to spur political action.

“I’d say she’s New Zealand’s most popular prime minister ever overseas,” said political analyst Bryce Edwards in 2019.After her initial success in keeping the virus at bay, Ms Ardern and her government at times floundered. There were missteps in handling isolation facilities, where people returning to New Zealand were quarantined, and with the roll-out of vaccines.

 

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