'You can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger. You can be all of these things and not only can you be here, you can lead, just like me.' Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivers emotional final address to parliament.
In her final speech to New Zealand's Parliament on Wednesday, Jacinda Ardern described in emotional terms how she'd navigated a pandemic and a mass-shooting during her tumultuous five-year tenure as prime minister.
A global icon of the left and an inspiration to women around the world, Ardern in January stepped down as prime minister, saying, “I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It is that simple." But she stayed on as a lawmaker until April to avoid triggering a specialLater this month, Ardern will begin a new, unpaid role combating online extremism as Special Envoy for the Christchurch Call.
She also described how she and fiancé Clarke Gayford thought they couldn't have children after a failed round of IVF. Ardern described how she'd approached the COVID-19 pandemic on a scientific basis and how New Zealand had fared best among developed nations when measuring excess mortality.“But after many of these same experiences, and seeing the rage that often sat behind these conspiracies, I had to accept I was wrong,” she said. “I could not single-handedly pull someone out of a rabbit hole.”
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