Jacinda Ardern

An emotional Jacinda Ardern says she no longer has "enough in the tank" after nearly six years as leader.

And that you can be your own kind of leader - one who knows when it's time to go," she said. Deputy leader Grant Robertson said he would not contest the leadership vote, which will occur on Sunday. have been taxing because of the weight, the sheer weight and continual nature of them. "These events... "I had hoped that I would find what I needed to carry on over that period but, unfortunately, I haven't, and I would be doing a disservice to New Zealand to continue," she told reporters. Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister next month, saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday she will stand aside for a new leader within weeks, saying she doesn't believe she has the ...

Within a year, she had given birth in office – only the second world leader ever to do so. “I wouldn’t want this last five and a half years to simply be about the challenges. For me, it’s also been about the progress,” she said. “The decision was my own,” Ardern said. However, she added: “I am not leaving because it was hard. You cannot and should not do the job unless you have a full tank, plus a bit in reserve for those unplanned and unexpected challenges.”

Speaking to her party's annual caucus, 42-year-old Ardern said "it's time" for her to move on and that she "no longer had enough in the tank" for her ...

"She went from this unifying force to this incredibly polarizing and divisive force," said Cormack, also the former Green Party head of communications and policy, said. "And I think her consensus approach helped with this, but at the same time, she wasn't immune to these bigger geopolitical trends." Speaking to her party's annual caucus in the seaside town of Napier, 42-year-old Ardern said "it's time" for her to move on and that she "no longer had enough in the tank" for her premiership. and she quite convincingly said she was going to stay, and that she wasn't going anywhere." but she went off to the United Nations and she decried isolationism, brandishing an image of being an internationalist or being a globalist." And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Jacinda Ardern promised “relentless positivity” as New Zealand's prime minister, but in announcing her shock resignation on ...

She made headlines again a year later when she became only the second prime minister in the world to give birth while in office — after Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto in 1990. She was elected to parliament in 2008 and in March 2017 became Labour’s deputy leader, saying at the time that she was not ambitious and saw herself as a backroom staffer. It is that simple.” Raised as a Mormon, Ardern left the faith in her 20s due to its stance against homosexuality. Ardern won a landslide second term in 2020, but her popularity has been on the slide as she battles declining trust in government, a deteriorating economic situation, and a resurgent conservative opposition. A fresh-faced Ardern was elected prime minister in 2017, and in a tumultuous first term faced New Zealand’s worst terror attack, a deadly volcanic eruption, and the Covid-19 pandemic.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will step down before February 7 and will not seek re-election later this year.

[Ardern won re-election in 2020](https://time.com/5897240/new-zealand-elections-ardern/), buoyed by her response to the pandemic, despite the country slipping into its deepest recession in decades. Polls in December showed approval for her Labor Party at [around 33%](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/24/jacinda-arderns-popularity-plummeted-this-year-things-could-get-worse-in-2023), some of the lowest results during Ardern’s leadership. As for what she will do next, “I have no plan,” Ardern said. But she indicated on Thursday that dealing with such heavy burdens of leadership had taken a toll on her. She quickly led a push to make meaningful gun legislation reforms. “I believe that leading a country is the most privileged job anyone could ever have but also one of the more challenging.

Ardern meets with Muslim community representatives in Christchurch on March 16, 2019. Photographer: Office of the Prime Minister of New Zealand/Getty Images.

But after being lauded for guiding New Zealand through the Covid-19 crisis, support for her Labour Party waned and her [approval rating](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-09/new-zealand-pm-ardern-has-lowest-approval-since-2017-victory) slipped. [world’s youngest female head of government](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-19/labour-wins-nz-first-support-to-form-new-zealand-government-j8y2b1a8?sref=rrd8mEHT) in October 2017, at age 37, Ardern has become one of the most-admired politicians on the planet. [shock resignation](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-19/new-zealand-s-ardern-announces-resignation-as-prime-minister) just months before she was expected to run for a third term in office, saying she no longer has the energy or inspiration to continue as the country’s Prime Minister.

Speaking to her party's annual caucus, 42-year-old Ardern said "it's time" for her to move on and that she "no longer had enough in the tank" for her ...

And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. Speaking to her party's annual caucus, 42-year-old Ardern said "it's time" for her to move on and that she "no longer had enough in the tank" for her premiership. Her last day in the office will be Feb. Ardern became the world's youngest female leader in 2017 at the age of 37. "The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead and also when you are not. She also called on a general election on Oct.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had "no more in the tank" to continue leading the country and would step ...

"I understand that she needs rest, and I wish her all the best in her life." A ruling New Zealand Labour Party vote for a new leader will take place on Sunday; the party leader will be prime minister until the next general election. She promised and delivered major gun law reform within a month. We give all that we can, for as long as we can, and then it's time. The only interesting angle you will find is that after going on six years of some big challenges, that I am human," she continued. I have not been able to do that," Ardern, 42, told a news conference.

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has lauded Jacinda Ardern as an “extraordinary” leader who faced unprecedented attacks during her time in ...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivers her victory speech after being re-elected in a historic landslide win on October 17, 2020. Lynn Grieveson/ ...

Greaves, from the University of Auckland, said coverage of Ardern has long adopted a misogynistic tone. Then in October, Ardern’s office was allegedly attacked while the prime minister was on a trip to Antarctica, adding to fears about her safety, [according to local media.](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300721972/woman-arrested-after-prime-minister-jacinda-arderns-auckland-electorate-office-damaged) And for me, it’s time.” The threats related to vaccinations, Covid-19 and firearms, police said, though it was impossible to ascertain a motive for many as they included “simply offensive, obscene or threatening words.” It’s not clear who the leadership will fall to – Ardern’s assumed successor, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson, has said he’s not interested. “There’s been various expert working groups on tax and welfare that have made some quite bold recommendations that the Labour government haven’t followed. But unfortunately, I haven’t, and I would be doing a disservice to New Zealand to continue,” she said. But Ardern said she her decision had nothing to do with wanting to avoid an election loss come October. Ardern also didn’t mention misogyny in her resignation speech. “There have been people who have made some pretty vile threats against her,” said Neale Jones, political commentator and Ardern’s former Chief of Staff. “I’m looking forward to spending time with my family once again,” said Ardern. And with an election looming this October, she saw no need to prolong her departure.

In a shock decision, Jacinda Ardern has announced her intention to step down as prime minister of New Zealand, citing professional burnout.

The majority, however, have praised Ardern’s accomplishments during her years in office, and her candor about her reasons for stepping back from the role—with opposition leader Christopher Luxon thanking her for “taking on what is a difficult and demanding job.” “I think that the way that she led New Zealand through those Christchurch terror attacks in a way we all felt proud about… For them, I hope we’ll see the exceptional finally becoming the rule, that kindness and compassion can be powerful and strong, and that we’re willing to face the changes we have to face, while staring down the ones we don’t.” We give all that we can, for as long as we can, and then it’s time.

Jacinda Ardern, citing burnout, resigned as Prime Minister of New Zealand on Thursday after nearly six years on the job.

With a [new mandate](https://www.ft.com/content/ccfc8195-aa97-4845-b16b-4f0762a168ed), Ardern appointed eight women, five indigenous Maori ministers, and a gay deputy prime minister. “We are living in an increasingly polarized world, a place where more and more people have lost the ability to see one another’s point of view. Ardern also followed in the rare footsteps of Pakistan’s late Prime Minister Beneazir Bhutto, when she [gave birth](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44568537) while in office in 2018. Now I’m asking you to do everything you can to protect all of us. I hope that this election, New Zealand has shown that this is not who we are. He is a criminal. He is a terrorist. “It takes courage and strength to be empathetic, and I’m very proudly an empathetic and compassionate leader. That she doesn’t have any sense of what girls can or can’t do. And that you can be your own kind of leader – one who knows when it’s time to go.” “I hope that she doesn’t feel any limitations. We give all that we can for as long as we can, and then it’s time.”

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark and the leader of New ...

In 2021, she won praise for her handling of the country’s earthquakes and tsunami warning — it was later revealed that on the same very day, she was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer. Hipkins was first elected to parliament for the Labour Party in 2008 but became a household name among Kiwis during the pandemic when he was named Minister for COVID-19 Response in November 2020. He wrote on Twitter: “She has given her all to this incredibly demanding job and I wish her and her family all the very best for the future. She also became a target for misogyny and personal threats from the public — with police reportedly dealing with 50 in 2021. In between press conferences and emergency meetings, she was in the hospital getting tests on a 6cm growth. But while she was gracing the covers of Vogue and Time magazine internationally, her popularity has begun to wane at home. “Leaving now is the best thing for her reputation … However, criticism of the harsh lockdowns grew in 2021, with Hipkins himself later agreeing that quarantine measures should have been scaled back earlier. You cannot and should not do the job unless you have a full tank, plus a bit in reserve for those unplanned and unexpected challenges.” The Labour Party leader said in a tearful address to the nation that her term would end by Feb. “She has demonstrated that empathy and insight are powerful leadership qualities. For his part, Luxon thanked Ardern for her service to New Zealand.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style of leadership, said Thursday that she would ...

There’s a greater weight of responsibility, a greater vulnerability amongst the people, and so in many ways, I think that will be what sticks with me,” she said. New Zealand Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon said Ardern had been a strong ambassador for the country on the world stage. Ardern was widely praised for her empathy with survivors and New Zealand’s wider Muslim community in the aftermath. “She has demonstrated that empathy and insight are powerful leadership qualities,” Albanese tweeted. Ardern described climate change as the great challenge for her generation. “Her treatment, the pile on, in the last few months has been disgraceful and embarrassing,” wrote actor Sam Neill on Twitter. “All the bullies, the misogynists, the aggrieved. Later that year, she brought her infant daughter to the floor of the U.N. President Donald Trump, and she pushed back against wildly exaggerated claims from Trump about the spread of COVID-19 after he said there was a massive outbreak and “It’s over for New Zealand. Her approach to the pandemic earned the ire of U.S. Ardern became an inspiration to women around the world after first winning the top job in 2017. But she faced mounting political pressures at home and a level of vitriol from some that hadn’t been experienced by previous New Zealand leaders.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday she would step down no later than Feb. 7, and that there would be a general election on Oct. 14.

"I believe that she is a formidable leader, in New Zealand, but also in the region, and in the U.N. Jacinda has been a fierce advocate for New Zealand, an inspiration to so many and a great friend to me." "Your more than 5 years in office have occurred during the most turbulent time the world has faced since the second World War. I hope she and I will work together with whatever she's going to do after this." "Prime Minister Ardern is a forward-looking, global leader who has inspired millions around the world. She has given her all to this incredibly demanding job and I wish her and her family all the very best for the future. "Not only has she been the most incredible boss but she has been a huge support to me in a personal capacity. I will miss her but I understand her point." "It is a sad day for politics where an outstanding leader has been driven from office for constant personalisation and vilification. I know after she has had some time to recharge we will hear more from Jacinda." I can think of no better person to have led us through the past five and a half years and I totally respect her decision to stand aside. "Prime Minister Ardern, the U.S.-New Zealand partnership is stronger than ever, thanks in large part to your leadership.

Five years ago she became the second world leader to give birth while in office. Now, the New Zealand prime minister plans to step down.

No, none of that meant that she wasn’t up to the task. But if you prefer the optimistic take, the other lesson was that if citizens are willing to accept flexibility in how their leaders get the job done then they can have a leader like Jacinda Ardern. The article also misspelled the first name of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin. “If I didn’t go, I imagine there would have been equal criticism,” she told the New Zealand Herald at the time, explaining the careful analysis that had gone into her decision. Could her global fans even name her accomplishments, or were we merely mesmerized by a leader who seemed to want to do things differently? What I remember mostly was the debate that raged over her breastfeeding choices.

When Jacinda Ardern announced she was stepping down as prime minister of New Zealand, she said didn't have “enough in the tank” to keep going or seek ...

In a report by Slack Technologies Inc.’s Future Forum [released in October](https://futureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Future-Forum-Pulse-Report-Fall-2022.pdf), female workers were 32% more likely to experience burnout than their male counterparts. Plenty of working women, particularly those who have lived through the pandemic, know that breaking point well.

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“I understand that she needs rest, and I wish her all the best in her life.” I’d be doing a disservice to New Zealand if I continued,” she told her party’s annual caucus meeting. “Her treatment, the pile-on, in the last few months has been disgraceful and embarrassing. Ardern became the world’s youngest female head of government when she was elected prime minister in 2017 at 37. On Thursday, Clark said she was deeply saddened by the news of her resignation. She has demonstrated that empathy and insight are powerful leadership qualities.”