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Thomas Coughlan: What if Dame Jacinda Ardern were just an ordinary leader?
OPINION: She's not as saintly nor as demonic as people who are obsessed with her claim.
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Why has Dame Jacinda Ardern vanished from NZ? Popular US magazine reviews ex-PM's memoir
The New Yorker has picked apart her Covid-19 response and NZ's reaction to her policies.
Matthew Hooton: Labour’s Te Pāti Māori problem
OPINION: Fear of the alternative is Christopher Luxon’s easiest path to a second term.
Watch: How does Jacinda Ardern see her time as leader?
Her memoir, 'A Different Kind of Power', was released this week.
Jacinda Ardern’s memoir and the untold stories from her time as Prime Minister
A Different Kind of Power tells the personal challenges behind her public, political face.
‘You absolutely cannot say that': Ardern gets personal in much anticipated memoir
'A Different Kind of Power' takes readers behind-the-scenes of Dame Jacinda's life.
Watch: Trailer released for documentary about former PM Jacinda Ardern
The film will be released in US theatres next month.
Watch: Ardern talks 'imposter syndrome' at Yale University's graduation
Ardern's speech was met with applause and cheers from graduates.
Are six teaspoons of Milo too much? Ardern sparks debate
Kiwis who grew up using just one or two teaspoons for their Milo reacted with surprise.
Simon Wilson: Shaun Hendy's warning on the Covid lessons we're still to learn
OPINION: A new book by the Covid modeller is a compulsive read with provocative ideas.
David Parker on going ‘a bit far’ on landlord tax and calling an MP a ‘tosser’
Why a former MP thinks his tax change of 2021 went too far and how it could be fixed.
'You're the best': Jacinda Ardern, NZ leaders celebrate Mother's Day with tributes
Several MPs used the occasion to point out the passing of the Pay Equity Amendment Bill.
Thomas Coughlan: How Labour walked away from Tory Whanau and backed Andrew Little
OPINION: In 2022, Labour quietly backed Tory Whanau. Now they want her gone.
Bruce Cotterill: Are leaders rewarded on profile rather than performance?
OPINION: Jill Barad received a US$50 million severance after leaving Mattel in 2000.
Dame Jacinda Ardern joins prestigious global leadership circle
Ardern will join the likes of Rishi Sunak to spearhead improvements in global politics.
Real Life: MP Paul Goldsmith talks Treaty tensions, education and family
While the Treaty debate is 'fraught', there has to be a balance, he says.
‘Embarrassing’, ‘hypocrites’: Feud over working groups re-erupts between Labour, National
The two political parties had strong words.
Dame Jacinda Ardern announces children's book
The illustrated book was inspired by Ardern's time parenting while Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Ardern’s three-year child poverty reduction targets not met
The Government says it's an ongoing challenge.
Tech agencies ‘failed to protect’ Ardern from ‘violence, misogyny’ - HRC
Leaked documents show HRC criticised NZ’s online safety code in October 2023.
Simon Wilson: A few ideas to help Christopher Luxon 'go for growth'
OPINION: Economic plans should address wider social goals or they won't work.
Number of threats against politicians nosedives in Govt’s first year - what’s changed?
Threats and online hate escalated between 2020 and 2022 amid the Govt's Covid response.
Opinion: Luxon’s Minister for Economic Growth may as well be a Minister of Silly Walks
OPINION: The PM should put his marketing past behind him.
‘We need to humanise the role’: Ardern doco wins award at Sundance
'There’s a very rare opportunity ... to share what it looks to be in leadership.'
World reacts to the Jacinda Ardern documentary
'It would be a bit of an exaggeration, but just a bit, to say it trolls Donald Trump.'
‘I’ve written about things I haven’t shared before': Former PM Ardern reveals book release
Ardern was expected to get an advance from $1m to $1.5m for the rights in Australasia.
'Noose with your name on it': Warrant issued for man who threatened to 'hang' PM
'I’ve got a noose with your name on it,' he wrote of Dame Jacinda Ardern during her term.
Jacinda Ardern doco set for Sundance debut, Clarke Gayford credited as producer
Producers are 'thrilled' at the film's selection for the prestigious film festival.
Opinion: 'Political desperation in his voice' - why Luxon's messaging isn't landing
OPINION: If Luxon can’t tell us who he is in a way that sticks, other people will.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Hipkins owes us an apology for ruinous Covid vaccine mandates
OPINION: A lot of people were hurt by the mandates. More people are angry about them.