Jacinda Ardern

‘They are stupid people for stupid times’: Cate Blanchett on presidents, prime ministers and power

The Oscar-winner plays a scheming German chancellor in Rumours, Guy Maddin’s raucous, phantasmagorical comedy about the G7

Sat Nov 30 2024 - 05:30

New Zealand’s post-Ardern populist pivot angers Maori community

Conservative Luxon government has rolled back many of former prime minster’s progressive policies

Sun Nov 24 2024 - 14:00

As Copenhagen has its ‘Notre Dame moment’, Danes vow that dragon-tail spire will rise from the ashes

Planet Business: Superdry’s rescue plan, the UK’s ‘smoke-free generation’ law and another Boeing whistleblower with alarming things to say

Sat Apr 20 2024 - 06:15

Jacinda Ardern marries Clarke Gayford after five-year engagement

Original wedding plans of former New Zealand prime minister were postponed due to Covid restrictions

Sat Jan 13 2024 - 11:04

AIB triples green lending pot to €30bn before sustainability conference

Lender says financing investment in climate and energy infrastructure is crucial to cementing green transition

Mon Nov 20 2023 - 05:00

New Zealand swings to the right in post-Ardern era

Election count points to a conservative victory as Labour cedes votes to Nationals and Greens

Sun Oct 15 2023 - 14:22

New Zealand election: Centre-right party leader to become next PM

National Party’s Christopher Luxon takes strong lead, ending Labour’s six years in office

Sat Oct 14 2023 - 11:37

Ardern gives emotional final address to New Zealand parliament

Former prime minister says all people should feel politics can be a home

Wed Apr 05 2023 - 14:58

Jacinda Ardern to help tackle online extremism in new role

Former New Zealand PM will serve as an unpaid special envoy for the Christchurch Call initiative

Tue Apr 04 2023 - 09:35

Eleanor Catton on Jacinda Ardern’s ‘pretty huge betrayal of young people’ in New Zealand

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton on her country’s former prime minister, social media and her new novel Birnam Wood

Mon Feb 27 2023 - 05:00

Politicians who can’t take criticism should reconsider their choices

Nicola Sturgeon failed the ultimate management test: for change to work, there must be communication and commitment

Wed Feb 22 2023 - 02:00

Nicola Sturgeon’s successor will need a more realistic approach to Scottish independence

None of her would-be replacements can match her connection with the typical voter in Scotland

Sat Feb 18 2023 - 06:00

Chris Hipkins confirmed as New Zealand’s next prime minister

Hipkins got unanimous support from the Labour Party, choosing Carmel Sepuloni as his deputy

Sun Jan 22 2023 - 09:11

Jennifer O’Connell: Response to Jacinda Ardern’s resignation was depressing and predictable

Politicians are human. Women politicians are human. There was a time when the public didn’t require regular reminders of that

Sat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00

Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand’s prime minister

Ardern, who took the position in 2017, announced she was stepping down as leader earlier this week

Fri Jan 20 2023 - 20:54

Jacinda Ardern’s graceful departure is the personification of modern democratic ideals

The New Zealand prime minister’s bold and resolute leadership neutralised hoary stereotypes that insisted female power is soft or weak

Thu Jan 19 2023 - 15:13

Jacinda Ardern to step down as New Zealand prime minister

Leader says she has ‘no more in the tank’ and will resign by February 7th

Thu Jan 19 2023 - 09:16

New Zealand charity benefits from Jacinda Ardern’s microphone blunder

Prime minister’s vulgarity against rival politician ends up raising €60,000 for cancer foundation

Thu Dec 22 2022 - 11:48

Jacinda Ardern caught calling minor opposition party leader an ‘arrogant pr**k’

NZ prime minister apologises after comment is caught on hot microphone and broadcast on television

Tue Dec 13 2022 - 08:13

‘We’re meeting as prime ministers’: Sanna Marin and Jacinda Ardern dismiss reporter’s age and gender question

Finnish and New Zealand PMs back women facing ‘dire circumstances, where we are seeing the most basic of human rights being repressed and violated’

Wed Nov 30 2022 - 11:02

Banks ‘wrong’ to take huge profits as cost of living crisis deepens, Jacinda Ardern says

Prime minister of New Zealand says banks risk losing ‘social licence’ to operate as they collect billions

Tue Nov 08 2022 - 09:07

New Zealand ends most Covid restrictions as pandemic worry eases

Move brings an end to some of the toughest Covid-19 pandemic rules in the world

Mon Sept 12 2022 - 15:12

Australia set for major shift in climate policy

Prime minister-elect Anthony Albanese has promised to ‘change the country’

Sun May 22 2022 - 18:51

10 things to get excited about again, from festivals to debs

From camping holidays abroad to weddings, parties, J-1s and gigs, there's a summer of fun ahead

Sat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00

New Zealand to welcome tourists back from May

International tourism brought forward from previously announced date of October

Wed Mar 16 2022 - 09:07

Three-week protest outside New Zealand parliament ends in arrests

Up to 50 vehicles towed while police use tear gas to disperse group acting against restrictions

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 15:27

New Zealand police warn that vaccination protesters will be ‘actively engaged’

Increasingly violent demonstrations against mandatory vaccination set to spill over into fourth week

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 14:51

Record Covid-19 infections in New Zealand amid ongoing protests

Demonstrators against mandatory vaccines block several roads around Wellington parliament

Wed Feb 16 2022 - 11:52

Covid-19 protests grow in New Zealand as truck blockade continues in Canada

US urges Canada to use federal powers to end blockage as supply chains are disrupted

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 07:18

With no end in sight, Ottawa protests extend beyond Canada’s borders

Thousands of people cross New Zealand and Australia to protest against pandemic restrictions

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 12:53

Pacific volcano: Australia and New Zealand send assessment flights to Tonga

Broken communications cable that connects island to rest of world could take weeks to fix

Mon Jan 17 2022 - 16:39

Tonga tsunami threat recedes from huge Pacific volcanic eruption

Satellite images show plume of ash, steam and gas rising above Pacific waters

Sun Jan 16 2022 - 08:01

New Zealand man investigated for getting 10 vaccine shots in one day

Reports that man was paid to take doses on behalf of other people

Mon Dec 13 2021 - 08:19

New Zealand plans to reopen to international visitors in April

However, those entering the country next year will face significant restrictions

Wed Nov 24 2021 - 19:00