Approximately.. We are sitting on sofas in her office on the ninth floor of the Beehive, the circular building that houses the New Zealand government in Wellington. As-salaam Alaikum. But how much do you really know about Jacinda Ardern? After graduating from a Bachelor of Communications at the University of Waikato, Jacinda took some time to travel overseas. Jacinda Ardern, former Young Labour president and political advisor, has just been elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth - a group encompassing socialist, social democratic and Labour Party youth organisations from more than 100 countries. We each hold the power, in our words and in our actions, in our daily acts of kindness. (The tides of remembrance flow over Christchurch today.). So, no, I didnt really think about that, either., Later, it was suggested to her that it was an important symbol of solidarity with Muslim women in New Zealand, who felt unsafe. And my response to that? Subscribe today to get it in print! Let our Puffin Ambassadors tell you why you should pick up Coastwatcher, a thrilling adventure novel for 9+ readers. The strength of capitalism can be attributed to an incentive structure based upon the three Ps: (1) prices determined by market forces. He has forgiven the man who did it. Not today. The reality was that I went down into the shed, pulled out my fishing box and took out some hooks, Gayford told me earlier this year. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Jacinda Ardern. But I said what I needed to say., I try again. Meeting Muslim community leaders in Wellington following the attack. Sometimes, what youre promoting are things like wellbeing, these ambitious but intangible things. She doesnt want to lower the bar, to be someone who only has regard to political measures of success and says, Well, Im only going to set these ambitions, and talk in this way, because I dont want to be judged harshly for not having achieved them., When Ardern was made leader of the Labour party in 2017, she and Gayford were struggling to start a family. I dont know. I look forward to hearing about the success of socialism in curing child poverty. For me, its implicit now, she says. (2) a profit-and-loss system of accounting. And the tragedy is that most people are completely unaware that it is happening. In the days that have followed the terrorist attack on the 15th of March, we have often found ourselves without words. Her playlists include the Beatles and some of her favourite Kiwi bands like Street Chant and Opossom. Blair was another Labour leader who came to office on a wave of progressive euphoria. E te whnau o APEC, ka mihi a Aotearoa Niu Tireni ki a koutou katoa. Already on our list? Following the Christchurch attacks, Ardern was asked at a press conference if she agreed with Trumps downplaying of the rise of white supremacy. What words express the grief of a city that has already known so much pain? There was a real sense of hope at the time Blair was elected, she continued, because people were ready for things to be done differently. My belief in the humanity of New Zealanders has strengthened. Bernie Sanderss two presidential campaigns sparked a series of elections of democratic socialists at every level of US government. She had just seen her partner return to his spot in the third row of plastic seating with Neve propped up on his knee, having just had a nappy change in the back seat of a car around the corner. Gayford is the primary caregiver and shuttles back and forth with Neve between their home in Auckland and Wellington. New Zealand PM addressed a crowd of thousands who had gathered for a memorial service at Hagley Park two weeks after the mosque attacks. Talking to mourners after the national remembrance service in Christchurch. Or does it need to be closer, like 10 per cent? But even when we had no words, we still heard yours, and they have left us humbled and they have left us united. Those values represent the very best of us. In the reception area, a staffers preschooler son buzzes back and forth on a bike. E rau rangatira m, e ng reo, e ng mana. Speaking at a Maori ceremony at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Politics is changing in Aotearoa, as it is all over the world. Richardson used several different economic issues including a higher-than-expected deficit forecast and a recent credit-rating downgrade to finish the job, making steep welfare cuts of around 2030 percent the centerpiece of the budget. [Applause] Thank you very much. (I spoke to Clark a few days after the Christchurch attack, and she told me Arderns response had resonated because it was authentic. For example, is a 20 per centgap of "inequality"acceptable? And have people say, Wheres your ambition?, Under New Zealands proportional system in which people get two votes, one for their local politician and one for a party, as in Germany a single-party majority is near impossible. The definition of "comrade" from An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Marxism, Socialism and Communism is as follows: Originally, one who shares the same chamber. Comrades this, comrades that. But a closer look at the details shows how Labour plays a central role in that neoliberal order. We each hold the power, in our words and in our actions, in our daily acts of kindness, she says. But New Zealand remains a laggard behind the rest of the globe, still firmly stuck in a decades-old ideological framework that never worked for most people, but that is especially horribly unsuited to meeting the civilizational crises of today. I am here today to bring with me the grief of all New Zealand, she said. 2. She wooed the world with talk of kindness and compassion, while at home ruling like a dictator. She worked only very indirectly for Blair, she said. After completing a communications degree, she worked for a short stint in the Beehive of the last Labour prime minister, Helen Clark, who recalls noticing Arderns promise when she was on a team drafting answers for parliamentary questions. She is sharp. Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born July 26, 1980), also known as Aunty Cindy or simply Cindy, or Jabcinda is the far-left socialist globalist agnostic former Prime Minister and dictator of New Zealand.She served as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023, and is the second elected and third overall female Prime Minister of New Zealand after Helen Clark and the second . At school, her mother once revealed, she convened a happy club. And we remember, that ours is a home that does not and cannot claim perfection. Simple, she says, nodding her head. Once every 30 seconds. You just have to. Appointed as New Zealand's Prime Minister in 2017, Jacinda Ardern has been described as an iron fist in a velvet glove. Nationalism, the new issue of Jacobin is out now. Im making an assumption here, but everyone knows that raising kids is hard work and I dont expect theyd want someone to gloss over that or pretend its easy. By Dr Muriel Newman. Tn koutou katoa. What would it take to really reverse the Mother of all Budgets and its malignant legacy? she was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. Those interviews took place in early February, and I followed the prime minister as she commemorated the 1840 signing of New Zealands founding treaty, between the British Crown and the Mori chiefs. Its very genuine, and people warm to that. 1:30 PM 'I don't have enough in the tank,' complained 42-year-old Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand. She is very vocal. And yet Arderns response, her choice of language, has mattered enormously. She was raised a Mormon, but quit the church in her early 20s, principally because of its stance on homosexuality. So I actually think that, in New Zealand, we do things our own way.. If anything, it shows how firmly New Zealand remains under the thrall of this thirty-year-old document. And it took aim at New Zealands old-age pension system, raising the retirement age from sixty to sixty-five and freezing payments for two years. I found this hard to believe. He is an extremist, she told parliament four days later. Humanity. That article told the story of a leader who was pledging to work harder to address the inequities still faced by New Zealands indigenous people. Earlier that decade, she lived for two and a half years in London, where she worked in Tony Blairs Cabinet Office. he prime minister was deep in conversation with her press secretary when she arrived for the formal part of our interview at Waitangi in February. I think people dont want us to be perfect, she said. The answer lies in our humanity. IUSY is a massive organisiation and holds consultative status with the United Nations. And then I came here and was met with this simple greeting. I thought, yeah, that looks all right, thatll do.. Our challenge now is to make the very best of us, a daily reality. And so I see that there was a weight of expectation there. She was raised a Mormon, but quit the church in her early 20s, principally because of its stance on homosexuality. But she is verbally sharp. A handful of words have been highlighted in bright orange. Half a lifetime and seven weeks ago, I watched Ardern as she sat on the porch of Te Whare Rnanga, the Maori meeting house at Waitangi. Instead, Ardern and her comrades stated: Redistribution will lead to more financial stability and justice. Its intuitive. Arderns suggestion was that he could provide sympathy and love for all Muslim communities. She pointedly refused to speak the name of the man who did it. Sometimes, what youre promoting isnt tangible. This deluge of political confessions began with a sadly typically embarrassing exchange in Parliament, which saw an MP from the right-wing National Party, David Bennett, accuse Labour MP Kieran McAnulty of being a communist. Upon being forced to withdraw and apologize for the unparliamentary remark, one of Bennetts fellow National Party MPs instead accused McAnulty of being a socialist., Yes, I am a socialist, and Im proud of it, McAnulty shot back, in a reply that quickly went viral. To understand the idealogical beliefs of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern we can look back to her time as president of the International Union of Socialist Youth, writes Steve Elers. Racism exists, but it is not welcome here. Her partner is Clarke Gayfo You need to remove some of the politics sometimes and just think about humanity. The only thing Id say is that, as much as we inherited the Westminster system, we thankfully also have moved to an MMP [mixed-member proportional] system, she said. Were deciding whether I can get away with jandal-wear for the latter part of the afternoon, she confided. Branko Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. Its chosen not to forgive debt owed to the ministry in charge of welfare, nor acted on the WEAGs calls to lift punitive sanctions on beneficiaries. Jacinda only got into power because Winston Peter's liked to cause problems for the National party. Ardern was named Labour's spokesperson for youth . Its a fair assumption to suggest that at the time of entering Parliament, an MPs political views and beliefs are set and are the motivation to enter politics in the first place. Gun law reforms, intended to ban all semi-automatic firearms, were expedited, with cross-party support. Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern completed a Bachelor of Communication Studies in Public Relations and Political Science at Waikato Management School from 1999 to 2001. . Oh, I get it now. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had an impressive career since she was elected as leader in 2017 and was recently named #2 in Fortunes list of Worlds Greatest Leaders in 2019. Progressives are socialists. No friend of free speech, she had little regard for public opinion and no respect for those with a contrary view. Richardson likewise complained about the excessive size of government spending, and she saw the cuts as a statement about the types of lives people should be encouraged to lead, she would later say: ones of independence and self-reliance. The fact that welfare rolls were only as full as they were because of the economic misery created by the preceding round of neoliberal reforms didnt seem to matter. [Peters] said I think we need to be there, says Ardern. Bernie Sanderss two presidential campaigns sparked a series of elections of democratic socialists at every level of US government. I think, as leaders, sometimes were unaware of our reach and power, she says. Get our print magazine for just $20 a year. Yes.. And its good to see them, albeit slowly, adopting the commonsense point that putting money in the pockets of the least well-off is actually good for the economy. Together with the right-wing parties attempt at parliamentary red-baiting, its the logical next step for New Zealands conservative MPs, who have tried to dent prime minister Jacinda Arderns stunning popularity with a series of unsuccessful and increasingly lame talking points cribbed from the US Republican Party, from fearmongering about a UN migration pact, to attacks on wokeness, to race-baiting. After visiting the USA, Jacinda travelled to England where she worked for British Prime Minister Tony Blair before being chosen as the President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. We cannot confront these issues alone, none of us can. Jacinda loved living on the orchard in Murupara and learned to drive a tractor before she could drive a car! By then, I had interviewed Ardern twice already: after a breakfast meeting at an Auckland hotel, and a few days earlier at Waitangi, on the northern tip of the North Island. And you dont pick that sort of thing up because youre not a Marxist. We may have left flowers, performed the haka, sung songs or simply embraced. For a school project, Jacinda interviewed former Member of Parliament Marilyn Waring and was very impressed by how friendly and helpful Ms Waring was. Jacinda Ardern served as the prime minister of New Zealand from 2017-2023. For example, if Ardern and her comrades take away your income and wealth and give it to me, but through either hard work, initiative, entrepreneurial spirit and luck you manage to have more income and wealth than I have in say a year from now, does that mean I get to have more of your income and wealth so we become equal again? But I am pragmatic about how much time that sometimes takes. The optimism tends to win out. It changes, probably more than we know, the way we work By our very nature, I think we probably do things a bit differently., Jacinda Ardern grew up in the conservative, rural North Island town of Morrinsville. Maybe with your sincerity, not your smile, suggested the photographer. Sidebar: Ive never trusted people who talk too fast. Jacinda swapped her after school job at the local fish and chip shop to work for New Zealands Labour Party in the 1999 General Election. ), Ardern says she has been taken aback by the volume of press coverage over the past weeks, the scrutiny of her every word. Soon he was joined by several others. It felt incredibly sad but completely obvious as well, that there would be those who would be worried. She knows what she wants, she knows where shes going, she fessed this morning and said shes a progressive. They do it mostly because they want to confuse you. Its been folded in half, and in half again, and again. Shes not putting on an act. 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