As head of the center-left Labour party for five years, Jacinda Ardern steered New Zealand through a volcanic eruption, a 2019 attack by a gunman in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshippers and the pandemic.
in January, saying she had “no more in the tank” to lead the country.
Popular abroad, at home higher prices, rising crime and controversial reforms to water and agriculture eventually chipped away at her support.volcanic eruptionJacinda Ardern, who stepped down as prime minister of New Zealand in January, gives a final address to Parliament in Wellington on Wednesday.Ardern said she had found herself involved in people’s lives “during their most grief-stricken or traumatic moments” in that series of events.
The daughter of a police officer and school canteen operator, Ardern said she wanted her career to inspire others to take office.
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