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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern steps down: ‘I no longer have enough in the tank’
Last Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:26 a.m. ET First Published: Jan. 18, 2023 at 8:31 p.m. ET
By Mike Murphy
“I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It is that simple.”
Those are the words of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has announced she will not seek another term and will step down from her office by Feb. 7.
Ardern has been prime minister for five-and-a-half years, winning international praise for leading New Zealand through the traumas of the Christchurch mass shooting in 2019 and strict COVID-19 lockdowns...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern steps down: ‘I no longer have enough in the tank’
Last Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:26 a.m. ET First Published: Jan. 18, 2023 at 8:31 p.m. ET
By Mike Murphy
“I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It is that simple.”
Those are the words of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has announced she will not seek another term and will step down from her office by Feb. 7.
Ardern has been prime minister for five-and-a-half years, winning international praise for leading New Zealand through the traumas of the Christchurch mass shooting in 2019 and strict COVID-19 lockdowns...