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Jacinda Ardern is the NZ prime minister.

Jacinda Ardern. (Photo by Kevin Stent – Pool/Getty Images)

‘On behalf of the government, I apologise’: Jacinda Ardern on Royal Commission report into terror attacks

'But an apology would be hollow without action.'

By Jacinda Ardern | 8th December, 2020

Image: Tina Tiller

Jacinda Ardern: NZ’s declaration of a climate emergency

A notice of motion declaring a climate emergency and a series of other steps including 'becoming a carbon-neutral government by 2025'.

By Jacinda Ardern | 2nd December, 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a post cabinet press conference at Parliament on June 08, 2020 in Wellington. (Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Jacinda Ardern: Thank you, New Zealand

'That was what the sacrifice of our team of 5 million was for. To keep one another safe, and to keep one another well.'

By Jacinda Ardern | 8th June, 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference (Photo: Hagen Hopkins – Pool/Getty Images)

‘We are ready to move into level two’: Jacinda Ardern’s speech in full

The prime minister has announced a staged, and adjusted, shift from alert level three. Here is what she said.

By Jacinda Ardern | 11th May, 2020

Prime minister Jacinda Ardern and director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield (Photo: Mark Mitchell – Pool/Getty Images)

‘Let’s finish what we started’: Jacinda Ardern announces move to level three

This afternoon the prime minister announced plans for the country to move out of alert level four at midnight next Monday. This is what she said.

By Jacinda Ardern | 20th April, 2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the move to alert level four (Photo: Getty Images)

‘The stark choice’: Jacinda Ardern’s national shutdown speech, in full

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced that New Zealand will be moving to the highest Covid-19 alert level within 48 hours. Here is her speech in full.

By Jacinda Ardern | 23rd March, 2020

Jacinda Ardern (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Jacinda Ardern closes the border to foreign nationals: ‘At no time in NZ’s history has a power like this been used’

Jacinda Ardern has announced the unprecedented step of closing New Zealand's borders to foreign nationals. Here's what she said.

By Jacinda Ardern | 19th March, 2020

Jacinda Ardern attends during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Admiralty House today. (Photo by Bianca De Marchi – Pool/Getty Images)

Jacinda Ardern to Scott Morrison: ‘Do not deport your problems’

At a tense press conference in Sydney, the New Zealand prime minister has just issued a stark challenge to Australia over its treatment of NZ citizens. Here's what she said.

By Jacinda Ardern | 28th February, 2020

Jacinda Ardern: “After 40 years, setting down grief will only be made harder, if we don’t acknowledge past wrongs.”

Jacinda Ardern: 40 years on, we apologise for the state response on Erebus

A 'whole-hearted and wide reaching' apology for the decisions taken by Air New Zealand and the government in the aftermath of the tragedy on the slopes of Mt Erebus

By Jacinda Ardern | 28th November, 2019

Jacinda Ardern with a piece of art gifted to her by a constituent (Photo: Supplied)

Jacinda Ardern: ‘We can’t say we value our art if we don’t value our artists’

To mark Arts Month, the prime minister shares her thoughts on the future of the arts in Aotearoa.

By Jacinda Ardern | 25th September, 2019