ARDERN’S KEY LEADERSHIP MOMENTS
Jacinda Ardern’s first term in office has been challenging but her leadership style under crisis – both decisive and compassionate – has seen her become one of the world’s most prominent leaders.
October 26, 2017:
Jacinda Ardern, aged 37, sworn in as NewZealand’s 40th primeminister, becomingworld’s youngest female head of government.
June 21, 2018:
Second elected head of government to give birth while inoffice, after Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto in 1990.
March 15, 2019:
50 people killed when a far- right gunman attacks worship per sat two mosques in Christchurch inworst mass shooting in NewZealand’s modern history.
December 9, 2019:
Volcano erupts on White Island, killing 21 people. Ardern oversees rescue efforts.
March 2020:
Coronavirus pandemic strikes – Ardern imposes nationwide lockdown and expands testing and contact tracing.