Jacinda Ardern

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Jacinda Ardern goes for walk at Lyall Bay with partner Clarke ... (New Zealand Herald)

Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted no time before making use of her newfound freedom. Just hours after making her final public appearance as PM as ...

[@JacindaArdern]this evening – to thank her for her friendship and her work to strengthen the Canada-New Zealand partnership, and to wish her and her family the very best as they head into this next chapter. Always good to chat with you, my friend,” he posted on Twitter. “I had a chat with her hubby about what they were going to do and fishing.” I wish her and her family all the best. “All my grandparents and uncles in South Africa were blown away.” After a massive morning, she still took the time to have a chat, and take a selfie with my daughter.

Jacinda Ardern steps down as New Zealand's prime minister (The Washington Post)

She shocked the nation Thursday when she said she was resigning as leader because she no longer had the energy necessary to do the job. Labour Party lawmakers ...

I am ready to be a sister and a mom.” “I am ready to be lots of things,” Ardern told reporters. “I never did this job alone,” she said.

Jacinda Ardern - Stabroek News (Stabroek News)

Jacinda Ardern's announcement last Thursday that she was resigning as Prime Minister of New Zealand not only sent shockwaves around the world, but surely.

Now she has taken it one step further with her “enough in the tank” reference; a clear indication that world leaders must also know when to walk away for the good of their mental health, the benefit of their families and welfare of the people they serve on the whole. The wave of antipathy to Covid restrictions that encompassed the world also resulted in protests and some amount of polarisation in that country. After giving birth in 2018, she was back at work in six weeks and even took her baby along to that year’s UN General Assembly. However, the fact is that New Zealand has performed creditably under her leadership, both economically and from a humanitarian standpoint. The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead and also when you are not. Her effective and pivotal governance, later pointed to as a ‘best case’, kept infection rates low in New Zealand and deaths at a minimum.

Jacinda Ardern out and about on her first day after resignation (Stuff.co.nz)

Mt Albert MP Jacinda Ardern was out on a sunny Wellington day, enjoying her first day freed from the demands of the top job.

I wish her and her family all the best. After a massive morning, she still took the time to have a chat, and take a selfie with my daughter. Kind elegant and graceful. * How Labour will elect the next prime minister](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131020849/what-happens-now-how-labour-will-elect-the-next-prime-minister?rm=a) [freed from the demands](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/131020219/jacinda-ardern-finally-slept-well-after-announcing-resignation) of being prime minister.

Jacinda Ardern replaced by Chris Hipkins as New Zealand PM (The Manila Times)

WELLINGTON: Hundreds gathered to applaud Jacinda Ardern as she left New Zealand's parliament to resign as prime minister on Wednesday, before Chris Hipkins ...

Ardern said Tuesday she would "hate" for her departure to be seen as "a negative commentary on New Zealand." The father-of-two is nicknamed "Chippy" and describes himself as a "regular, ordinary Kiwi" from a working-class background who loves cycling to work. Ardern was first elected as prime minister in 2017, before riding a wave of "Jacindamania" to secure a second term with a landslide victory in 2020. On Twitter, he described Ardern as a "supporter of the peace train who kept New Zealanders together following the terror attack in Christchurch." Hipkins was sworn in by Governor-General Cindy Kiro during a ceremony in the capital Wellington, saying he was "energized and excited by the challenges ahead." Ardern made her last public appearance as prime minister earlier on Wednesday, walking out of the distinctive Beehive parliament building as hundreds of staff and onlookers broke into a spontaneous round of applause.

Opinion | New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern made a difficult but correct ... (TheSpec.com)

Ardern's popularity at home has been in decline for the past year, but she is still the most popular politician in the country, Gwynne Dyer writes.

Her own assessment is that she can’t do the job justice any more, and that’s greatly to her credit. She’s quitting anyway, and some critics say that it’s because her Labour Party is doomed to lose the next election. Ardern’s popularity at home has been in decline for the past year, but she is still the most popular politician in the country. Probably the most costly in Ardern’s case was her decision to “Go Early and Go Hard” in isolating New Zealand to protect it from COVID. She did well in her five and a half years in office, which included a mass-casualty terrorist attack, a volcanic eruption and the COVID-19 pandemic. We do all that we can for as long as we can, and then it’s time.