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What are you gonna do at school today?
Oh, I don't know.
Do you think they'll give you eclipse glasses?
- Oh, yeah. They told me. - Yeah, right.
Put on your seatbelt. Keep your hands to yourself.
- Okay, bye. - Okay, bye. Love you.
You'll be our future decision makers,
and leaders, and it must be quite daunting
looking out at the challenges that are in front of us.
There's so much change
that we want the world to be simple again.
And part of that oversimplification
is that we're much more inclined to look at one another
in binary ways.
Good, evil.
Bad, right.
It's meant that we've got a hyper-partisanship now
that I think can be really damaging.
It means we don't work together as much.
It means we don't listen and engage
in respectful debate that we need.
And if we are to get back to doing all of those things,
because we won't solve the climate crisis unless we do,
we won't solve the conflict in the Middle East unless we do,
we have to re-humanize one another again.
Recording identification,
this is an interview for the Political Diary Project.
It's an interview with Jacinda Ardern,
who's the deputy leader of the Labour Party.
It's being recorded on Monday 28th August, 2017.
Are you worried?
I mean, how long is it until the election?
Two months, let's say. Yeah.
Yep.
Labour is ready to win in 2017.
Labour's feeling the pressure
just eight weeks out from the election.
Two poll results in two days both have the party
on less than the 25 percent
Labour got at the last election...
All eyes have now turned
to the party's deputy leader, Jacinda Ardern.
This is your moment, Jacinda,
step up to the plate, or watch your party die.
There's a lot of talk about
you being the next leader of the Labour Party,
the next female prime minister.
- Do you want to be that person? - No.
And I absolutely support Andrew Little
to do that job, as opposed to me.
But everyone says it-- - Yes, but I mean it.
Good morning, everybody.
I've just confirmed to the Labour caucus
that I will step aside as leader of the Labour Party.
There's no question that the poll results
that came out last week were disturbing,
and very, very disappointing.
Moving at uncharacteristically high speed,
Labour completely changed its leadership team this morning
following three disastrous political polls.
Following Andrew's announcement this morning,
I was nominated to be leader of the Labour Party.
This team is about to run the campaign of our lives.
My whole journey in politics
has been a battle with two sides of myself.
The one that says, "You can't,"
and then the one that says, "But you have to."
I was 14 years old when someone first used
the term, "imposter syndrome."
And it was just like something clicked.
Suddenly, I had words to describe how I'd felt
for every speech competition I did,
or any challenge where I just had
a bit of a seed of doubt
and a fear that something might expose
that I shouldn't be there.
When I stood down there for that press conference,
I waited for someone to just stand up,
and say that outright. "Why you?"
And they did.
I'm happy to take questions. I'm sure there are many.
Yes, I am, Barry,
and my team would not have selected me
if they didn't believe that also.
Yes. Would you like to tell me why you don't think I can?
Oh, look, look, everyone knows that I've just accepted,
with short notice, the worst job in politics.
I had been in opposition for nine years.
I had held the justice portfolio,
the social development portfolio.
I'd held corrections, child protection,
small business, employment.
So, I had some experience behind me.
Did I come in with this view that I needed
to particularly bring my feminist leadership approach?
No, because I didn't actually anticipate being a leader.
It was a little bit of a shock to me seven weeks out
from a general election in New Zealand.
There was no time for me to redesign myself
in any particular way.
No one could come to me, and say,
"Well, we've polled, and focus-grouped,
and this is how you need to present yourself
if you're going to win the election."
There was none of that.
That meant I could only be myself.
I remember distinctly
when I took over as leader being told,
"Your job is just to save the furniture."
No one thought it was plausible that we could win.
Let's do this!
Are you with me?
- Yeah! - Let's do this!
We will remain relentlessly positive
because I do believe optimism and hope
is at our heart.
It is part of who we are as New Zealanders.
On election night, the outcome wasn't clear.
National has won 46 percent of the vote,
and a left-leaning coalition of Labour,
and the Greens, has 42 percent.
Both sides need Winston Peters
to get to a majority.
The anti-immigration populist holds all the cards
and will decide New Zealand's next prime minister.
I do not want to be seen to have made any compromise
to get into government that involves immigration.
- No. I one hundred percent support-- - That's my problem.
I have a real strong view on this.
Mm.
Of course they wanna put us in a position to govern.
I think that we're the best opportunity
to make the change that New Zealanders need.
In two and a half hours possibly,
I'll know whether or not
I've successfully got Labour into government.
I have waves of incredible anxiety.
Not about losing, but about winning.
...and some fine weather. We've got all the details
coming up, right now at six o'clock.
Speculation mounting
that Winston Peters is about to announce
who'll form the next government.
We had a choice to make,
whether it was either with National or Labour,
for a modified status quo, all for change.
That's why in the end we chose a coalition government
of New Zealand First
with the New Zealand Labour Party.
♪ The bittersweet Between my teeth ♪
♪ Trying to find The in-between ♪
♪ Fall back In love eventually ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! ♪
It would be a bit overwhelming if I processed it properly
so instead, I just...
do all the things that need to get done.
Yep.
I'm not even 40.
You're not gonna force me to process this this morning.
I don't have time.
I'm not doing this right now.
Ms. Ardern, you have assured me
that you are able to form a government
that can command the confidence of the House of Representatives.
I now ask you to confirm
that you can form such a government.
Yes, Your Excellency.
In that case,
I will proceed with your appointment
as Prime Minister.
That gives effect to your appointment
as Prime Minister. Congratulations, Ms. Ardern.
Thank you.
Every time I got on a plane,
I would look out a window, and I would think,
"Look at that beautiful landscape.
From that mountain to that river,
that is my responsibility."
And I didn't sit in anything for too long
for that period of time.
And now, I'm writing about it,
and I've got no choice but to sit in it.
Okay, so we're recording now.
This is interview number one, file one.
Back in 2017,
I got a call from some archivists
at the Turnbull Library saying,
"We've been interviewing various people in politics."
When you were first asked
whether you'd take part in this diary project,
what made you say yes?
I didn't want him to resign.
Think about what you wanna say.
You know, as someone who loves history,
I thought one day I'm sure I'd really like
to look back on this.
Having those recordings really take me back to a moment
in a way that I don't imagine many other things could.
For that first period of time,
I felt the need to demonstrate that
I was the right person for the job,
that I just had to prove myself.
Political cycles in New Zealand,
they're so short.
I have three years to do as much as we can,
so there's just no time.
Climate change is the greatest challenge
facing this generation.
We had a significant 100-day plan.
Today, we announced
that we will no longer be granting
any new off-shore oil and gas exploration permits.
I'm on record as having stated
that child poverty and child poverty reduction
is one of the reasons that I was motivated
to get into politics, and ultimately, into this House.
Putting in renters' rights,
extending paid parental leave,
the first year of university free,
mental health.
These are going to be our priorities.
All of that in a hundred days, and more.
But in the back of my mind, I thought,
"How am I gonna do this with a baby?"
It's very jarring
turning your pregnancy into a press statement.
Um, I think the people who don't like me
will be a bit harsh.
I'm a bit anxious about it,
but I can't hide it forever, can I?
Oh, look!
Well, this is-- Well, this is normal.
Welcome, everyone,
for a somewhat unusual announcement.
Um, Clarke and I are really excited to share.
In June, we're looking forward to welcoming our first child.
Clarke?
Wow! I like the idea
that we're doing everything in reverse.
We bought a house together,
then we're having a baby, and we'll see.
♪ ...Ardern ♪
Prime Minister of New Zealand,
and Mr. Clarke Gayford.
Your Majesty, it is my great honor
to offer a toast to the Commonwealth.
Our Commonwealth is uniquely placed to offer
a strong voice on the global stage
at a time of change and uncertainty.
0800-80, try to keep those calls coming through this.
Jeremy Marcus, hello.
Yes, although I can't think of any jobs
that women with young children have not managed to do.
0800-801080 is the number to call.
Clive says, "I think it's a disgrace.
Her choice to be Prime Minister
should take priority over motherhood.
And no, you can't do both jobs, and do both justice."
- See? "Belly bump biscuits." - Yeah, well...
And as you push and push,
and then with the next contraction,
and we encourage the head to come down
to pop the shoulder free of here.
And the baby will just slip out very easily,
and up onto you.
Up, and it just comes up here.
Can you rest things on...
- Oh, yeah. ...while you're sitting down?
I've been able to do that for ages.
Oh, good.
Oh!
Oh! She's gorgeous.
I figured I had to get her out so that you could hold her.
- We think we...
- Mm-hmm.
Oh!
- That's... - That's what mum says when she's processing.
- "Neve." - Yeah.
- Yeah, it is. - Oh!
"Leith"?
Oh, lovely. Lovely!
Mm-hmm.
Aw.
"Working & Breastfeeding Made Simple."
But I think anything that is simple
doesn't require 300...
369 pages of explanation.
I'm determined to breastfeed...
'cause otherwise, there's no reason
to have her at work.
Didn't bring the muffins that the...
- neighbor made for us. - Ah.
Thank you.
- Morning! - Morning!
- How are you? - Good, thank you.
- Leroy! - Hey!
- How are you? - I'm very well.
Aw!
Good, nice to see you.
- Welcome back. - Thanks!
- Say hello to Uncle Chris. - Oh!
Okay.
- Okay. - See you guys later.
- Okay, team. - We missed you.
Thank you, thank you. I missed you.
I did miss you guys.
There's confidence in the housing market
coming off of international developments.
Yep.
We'd been hearing a few mean-minded,
mingy individuals carrying on about
whether she had the right to have a baby,
and run the country at the same time.
Wouldn't it be lovely if somehow...
Jacinda had a cloak of her own...
to keep her warm...
to protect her back...
to guard her from the slings and arrows
of outrageous commentators.
Other women saying...
to our gorgeous prime minister...
"Don't worry. Stand tall. We have your back."
Today, I stand
before the United Nations General Assembly
to share the extraordinary progress we've made.
In less than two years,
my administration has accomplished more than
almost any administration in the history of our country.
America is... So true.
I didn't expect that reaction, but that's okay.
America is governed by Americans.
We reject the ideology of globalism.
Our position has been we see ourselves
as members of an international community.
Doesn't it concern you that diplomatically
it may cause a bit of a rift with Washington?
No, I think it's important that we always maintain
an independent foreign policy line.
We need to speak to New Zealand values,
regardless of what any other world leader
tends to think, or their position.
Do you like Donald Trump?
Oh, look, I don't know Donald Trump.
I know the President of the United States.
And we are united by the fact that each of our countries
has experienced some jarring effects
of globalization.
We're just choosing to respond differently.
Do you like the President of the United States?
Uh, look, it's an irrelevant question.
No, it's not really.
Popularity aside, do you like the current US--
It actually is.
I'm here to represent New Zealand.
This isn't a popularity contest.
You've heard of Take Your kids to Work Day,
but a world leader made a statement
when she brought her baby to the United Nations.
That's right, a baby.
Ardern is the second world leader
to give birth in office,
and now, the first to bring her baby to the UN.
The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco.
The Prime Minister of New Zealand.
The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway.
It's clear that a big focus
for the Secretary-General is the issue of climate change.
And in that regard,
he acknowledged the role that New Zealand is playing,
- and will continue to play. - How's Neve?
Well. Probably more well-rested than I am.
All right. Thanks, everyone. Thank you.
It does really feel like
all eyes are on Jacinda Ardern.
She has kind of a celebrity circuit of sorts here.
Big week, of course, for the Prime Minister.
She's very much in New York. She's very much going to be
like the new squeezy toy in the toy shop.
They're all gonna want to touch her and meet her,
and shake hands, and, "Oh, where's the baby?"
There's the novelty factor.
Did you ever imagine that the perfectly normal act
of a woman giving birth
would be so incredibly viral all over the world,
and everybody just wants to talk to you about that?
No, no, but I have to accept that
when it comes to world leaders, it was rare.
I've been amazed by some of the incredible sexism
that you've received from your own media at home
- about this issue. - Hmm.
Oh, can a mother be prime minister?
Can a pregnant woman do the job?
Can a new mother talk about climate
and refugees and trade,
and all the things that you're talking about?
Aw!
Aw, don't...
She is just not having it at the moment.
Come here.
Then it'll come from a bottle.
We're fussy.
I understand you were on the floor
of the General Assembly.
You were seated at the General Assembly
when Donald Trump gave his address.
I was.
He says that people weren't laughing at him,
they were laughing with him.
What-- what...
did you experience...
...as someone in the room?
Are you trying to create a diplomatic incident
here right now?
- Maybe I'm gonna diffuse one right now. - Yeah.
So, there was a little laugh,
and then there was a bigger laugh.
So, there was a little laugh,
and he said, "I didn't expect that response,"
and then there was a bigger laugh.
Then people laughed with him.
- Second... The second time. - On the second one.
The second one, people were laughing with him.
- Yes. That is true. - Okay.
- That was very diplomatically stated. - This is my testimony.
Very nice.
No war between the United states and New Zealand then?
- No, peace loving nation. - But the first laugh?
The first laugh?
First laugh was a spontaneous murmur amongst...
- It was spontaneous. - ...some people.
- Spontaneous among the people, with each other. - Yes. But I'm a...
- Amongst themselves. - Amongst themselves.
Yes.
- And you joined in? - No, I observed.
I am an incredibly proud New Zealander.
Much of that pride has come from being
a strong and active member of our international community.
We are not isolated.
Governments do have obligations to their people and each other,
and our actions have a global effect.
Mr. Speaker, I cannot pinpoint
when exactly my interest in politics began,
but I know it began young.
This is my old street.
We moved here when I was pretty young.
My memories of that place are vivid.
I knew that a lot of people had lost their jobs,
but I didn't understand that it was down
to the privatization of the forestry industry,
and the complete lack of central government support.
Even though I was really young,
I remember seeing what that did to the town,
the social costs of unemployment.
My passion for social justice came from what I saw.
My love of politics came when I realized
that it was the key to changing what I saw.
Together, we must rebuild and recommit to multilateralism.
If I could distill it down into one concept
that we are pursuing in New Zealand,
it is simple and it is this, kindness.
In the face of isolationism, protectionism, racism,
the simple concept
of looking outwardly and beyond ourselves,
of kindness and collectivism,
might just be as good a starting point as any.
It's chaos here in Hagley Park, really.
You can probably hear the sirens going past me
as ambulances rush to and from the mosque.
We haven't confirmed the number of injuries,
but I have spoken to a man, a witness.
He'd run from the mosque,
climbing a fence to get to safety.
He told us that he had seen four women lying on the floor
of the mosque, covered in blood.
We are breaking into normal programming
right now for some disturbing news
from Christchurch.
There has been a major shooting incident
with reports of gunmen firing near mosques
in the center of the city.
There are unconfirmed reports
as many as 27 people are dead, including children.
There were 500 people in the mosque
at the time of the shooting.
This is interview number 14,
file one.
All right, um...
Well, it's a week since those horrible attacks
in Christchurch.
How's it been for you this week?
Clearly what has happened here is an extraordinary
and unprecedented act of violence.
Many of those who will have been directly affected
by the shooting may be migrants to New Zealand.
They may even be refugees here.
They have chosen to make New Zealand their home,
and it is their home.
They are us.
It is with extreme sadness
that I tell you that as at 7:00 p.m. tonight,
we believe that 40 people have lost their lives.
It is clear that this can now only be described
as a terrorist attack.
We are a proud nation of more than 200 ethnicities,
160 languages,
and amongst that diversity, we share common values,
and the one that we place the currency on right now,
and tonight, is our compassion,
and the support for the community
of those directly affected by this tragedy.
And secondly, the strongest possible condemnation
of the ideology of the people who did this.
You may have chosen us,
but we utterly reject and condemn you.
It was close to 24 hours since the shooting,
and bodies were still lying in the mosques.
And that, of course,
was because the police were doing their jobs.
But for those who were members of the Muslim community,
their priority was immediate burial.
And so, people were understandably distraught
about the delay.
Yeah, yeah.
The vast majority of family members
were at the crisis response center.
I just remember feeling the heat of the room.
So many people packed into one space,
and just the nervous energy, and the grief.
Huge amounts of grief.
Everyone in there knew someone who had died.
Everyone will have the opportunity to...
Everyone became quiet.
But then I realized, of course, I had to say something.
There was no one else to hand the microphone to.
Go on, Prime Minister.
- Assalamu alaikum. - Wa'alaikumussalam.
Peace be upon you, peace be upon all of us.
I'm here today...
to bring with me the grief of all of New Zealand.
And there is huge grief in this nation
that we share with you on your behalf.
You want your loved ones back.
And I know that there are religious considerations
with their burial.
Tell people what you know.
Even if it's hard, tell people what you know.
And so, I told people that, yes...
you know, the names would be released,
and the bodies would be taken,
but they wouldn't be released quickly.
When I was told
that he was an Australian who purposely came in
to target our Muslim community in some kind of attempt
to create a war amongst people, or to other them,
I remember feeling just so angry.
I mean, you're devastated at what's happened,
but at the same time, I just felt angry.
But I genuinely questioned whether or not I was allowed
to kind of show emotion like that.
My job was to be...
the calm voice,
the voice who shared the facts, you know?
The Prime Minister's response
to the attack left a lasting impression on Muslims.
She was asked by President Trump
what support the United States can provide.
Her response,
sympathy and love for all Muslim communities.
"I personally thank you who support our community.
I literally cried every time I watched you on TV,
and gave a speech.
Also, I apologize that because of our existence,
my appearance, my coming to your country,
has made your country become unsafe for everyone."
I still find it quite hard to comprehend
that you could have...
That there could be so many people who die...
...and then people thank you.
It just makes me feel incredibly sad.
People shouldn't have to thank you
for a humane response. That should be your expectation.
And it just says to me how little I understood
of the experience of Muslim communities...
that it would be worth commenting on.
♪ Oh, I've been smiling lately ♪
♪ Dreaming about The world as one ♪
♪ And I believe it could be ♪
♪ Someday, it's gonna come ♪
♪ 'Cause out On the edge of darkness ♪
♪ There rides a peace train ♪
♪ Oh, peace train Take this country ♪
♪ Come take me home again ♪
♪ 'Cause I've been Smiling lately ♪
♪ Thinkin' about The good things to come ♪
♪ And I believe it could be ♪
♪ Something good has begun ♪
♪ Oh, peace train Sounding louder ♪
♪ Glide on the peace train ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh! ♪
♪ Come on, peace train ♪
♪ Peace train, holy roller... ♪
Today, as the country grieves,
we are seeking answers.
I want to speak specifically about the firearms used
in this terrorist act.
I'm advised that there were two semi-automatic weapons,
and two shotguns.
The offender was in possession of a gun license.
I can tell you one thing right now,
our gun laws will change.
I didn't even know if I had the numbers.
I've got a government that requires three parties
to agree on everything that we do,
and I represent one of them.
But it didn't matter.
I thought, "I'm just gonna make this work."
You can get 140 rounds
in a magazine.
They're like a round thing, like a Gatling gun.
That's not okay for New Zealand, and we will stand against them.
This bill is not an attempt
to improve public safety.
It is an exercise in political theater.
If there were suggestions
that we shouldn't be banning attack rifles,
or military-style automatic weapons,
I'd like to hear those arguments.
Regardless of the number that are in circulation,
our goal is to get as many as we can out of circulation.
Whatever reasons might be brought to bear
for not supporting this legislation
can never outweigh the 50 reasons
we carry with us today.
We are here just 26 days
after the most devastating of terrorist attacks
in New Zealand's history.
When I visited the hospitals and the victims,
none of them had just one gunshot wound.
In every case, they spoke of multiple injuries,
multiple debilitating injuries.
I could not fathom
how weapons that could cause such destruction,
and large-scale death
could have been obtained legally in this country.
Fifty people died and they do not have a voice.
We in this House are their voice.
And today, Mr. Speaker, we have used that voice wisely.
The ayes are 119, the noes are one.
Today, I'm announcing that New Zealand will ban
all military-style semi-automatic weapons.
We will also ban all assault rifles.
We will ban all high-capacity magazines.
Folks are truly stunned this morning
by how quickly New Zealand is moving
to change its gun laws.
Prime Minister of New Zealand has announced immediate action
to ban assault weapons.
New Zealanders have turned in
more than 50,000 guns.
The country's buyback program ended at midnight...
Even President Obama
couldn't do that in the United States
after the massacre of children at Sandy Hook.
The overnight announcement
getting attention from both sides
of the gun debate in the U.S.
It's gonna dance...
and it's gonna make a noise.
♪ ("SLEIGH RIDE" PLAYING OVER SPEAKER)♪
Oopsie!
Ooh!
- It looks good. - I think it looks good.
- Do you like it? - Yeah.
Can you tell us about the proposal?
♪ ...been so tired You said, "You bet" ♪
Mr. Speaker, it's time to change
New Zealand's outdated abortion laws.
Abortion should not be a crime in this country.
Please show us your respect for women.
Show us you recognize we're capable of deciding
what's right for us.
Give us our dignity back.
The ayes are 68, the noes are 51.
The ayes have it.
Unlock the doors.
Abortion legislation bill...
♪ I still stare at you In the dark ♪
Hi there, this is Jacinda speaking.
Hi!
Oh! There she goes. Right behind you.
- Oh! - Ooh!
Whoa.
Sudden and deadly volcano
erupting on an island in New Zealand.
Twenty-two people were killed.
The others suffered severe burns.
It is now clear
that there were two groups on the island,
those who were able to be evacuated
and those who were close to the eruption.
I remember coming into the office
at the beginning of 2020 after a really hard year,
and saying, "I have a new mantra for the year.
I'm going to be Zen. It's my goal for this year.
I'm just gonna take everything in my stride,
everything that comes our way."
And then two months later, COVID arrived.
Our health professionals
are telling us that, look, despite the geopolitical issues,
of course, that this has fundamentally changed
the world, potentially.
Take a deep breath.
Like, take a deep breath, because what--
He just told me that a fight...
there was a brawl that police were called to,
because a Chinese man sneezed in Australia.
And what is this gonna do?
It's just horrific.
I just feel sorry for myself listening to that
'cause I just have no idea what's coming.
Absolutely no idea.
New Zealand is in a very unique position
where we only have six cases at the moment.
Six cases, two probables, which makes us pretty unique.
But every other country in the world
has started out like this, and then it's gone extreme.
So, today, we're basically gonna close the borders.
We will have the most stringent border controls
in the world at that point.
There's different models going on at the moment.
Boris Johnson is taking the approach
of the only choice is to allow this
to sweep through the country and get it over and done with.
So, he's not altering any border controls.
He's basically telling people that they're going to die...
and that he is going to try and ease
the suffering of people who have it.
You'll be okay?
Yeah.
Oh, honey.
I think you'll be asked
why didn't you go two days ago, and I think that's the answer.
I think the answer is we will be...
No, if they ask me what powers,
I'll say we're using the Public Health Act,
I'll be issuing an epidemic notice,
and we're also moving
in level four to a state of national emergency.
Good afternoon.
We currently have 102 cases.
If community transmission takes off in New Zealand,
the number of cases will double every five days.
If that happens,
our health system will be inundated
and tens of thousands of New Zealanders will die.
We have always said we would act early,
decisively, and go hard.
Our plan is simple.
We can stop the spread by staying at home
and reducing contact.
Non-essential businesses in New Zealand
must now close.
All bars, restaurants,
cafes, playgrounds,
any other place where the public congregate
must close their face-to-face function.
Thank you for all that you're about to do.
Please be strong, be kind, and unite against COVID-19.
If I was going to lead through this pandemic,
I needed to understand that illness
as well as anyone else.
If things went wrong, it was my job to try and fix it.
See? No pressure.
There you go.
Growing up, my dad, you know, over summer,
he would, you know,
it was the time when he would read something
other than the newspaper every night,
and he would read these books on Antarctic exploration.
From what they called "The Heroic Age."
I just loved those stories.
Ernest Shackleton was an Antarctic explorer
who set off in 1914 to be the first person
to make a land-based crossing of the Antarctic continent.
But his ship became stuck in pack ice.
As a leader, he was so focused
on how he could maintain collective optimism.
He was really focused on how the team
would come together.
Instead of achieving his goal, his entire focus became
saving the lives of those who were with him.
I had the very best scientific advice,
the best public health advice, great ministers.
But... it still sat squarely on me.
Yep.
I just need to focus on the evidence,
and the science, and the modeling, and...
the right thing to do.
This is sitting between me and going to sleep now.
This and you. Sorry.
Are you fake carrying
- washing around the room? - Yes, I am.
- Good luck. - Okay, see you.
Today, there are no active cases in New Zealand.
...your immediate reaction
when you heard there were no active cases of COVID-19
remaining in New Zealand?
Um, I... I did a little dance.
With no active cases,
crowds can now gather wherever, whenever.
In New Zealand, the pandemic doesn't exist.
No face masks, no social restrictions,
no hospitals in crisis.
What is it? Why? What is it I'm doing that...
It's not a moral, it's a science-based response.
What, life over money?
Yeah.
Neve, when she sees me pick this up, says,
"Bye-bye, see you tomorrow."
Hello, Neve.
Um...
I don't know if you know what it's like
to try and have a disagreement with someone
who has just been voted
the world's most eloquent leader.
Please welcome to the stage my not-quite-wife,
the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda.
There are 17 days to go
in a COVID-19 election.
Oh, no.
So...
Actually, do you know what?
Is it? Oh, thank you.
I remember election night
watching seats coming in for us that never come in for us.
Yes!
And being, you know, amazed by that.
Wow! Auckland is her best place to win.
Here we go, guys.
Evening, Judith.
Thank you.
I really appreciate that, Judith.
You look after yourself.
Take care. Bye.
Let's summarize that as brief.
"I'm just calling to congratulate you.
You've done brilliantly. You've done really well."
I think that was a concession.
Tonight...
New Zealand has shown the Labour Party
its greatest support in at least 50 years.
I didn't expect Saturday.
Uh, and maybe
that's because we spent so much time
taking nothing for granted
that I genuinely took nothing for granted.
I don't want you to think for a moment
that it was just because of a pandemic.
It's because of the way we got us
through a pandemic.
Crises make governments and they break governments.
And I think we just displayed what we're made of.
And what we're made of is compassion, and empathy,
and a real drive to do things for others.
Probably a good time to ask you
how you're feeling about the job now.
We knew the rest of the world was in a horrific winter,
in the middle of managing COVID.
And here we were, so lucky, out in the sun.
Just a couple of days before New Year's
and I'm standing on a stage at a concert.
There was this euphoria that you could tell was there
because of what people had gone through that year.
Just the sheer joy that here was everyone out together.
I looked out and thought,
"Oh my gosh,
what if one person in that crowd has COVID?"
Every time I saw some people's names on my phone,
I thought, "Oh no, have we got a case?
Have we got a case?"
If I was in a meeting and a staff member walked out,
I would think, "We've got a case."
It haunted me.
We've had a phone call, another COVID outbreak.
- I wanna go! - No, no, no, darling.
- We're going soon. - I wanna go.
We made the decision to move Auckland
to alert level three
for a period of seven days.
New Zealand will move to alert level four from 11:59...
...move to level two at 11:59...
She's the darling of the liberal left
and she likes lockdowns.
Most authoritarian leader
that country has ever had and no one else comes close.
I just don't understand how anyone could assume
that I'm so cavalier about having a whole city
and over a million people in lockdown.
Of course, I think about it all the time.
I have to take sleeping pills
so I don't think about it all the time.
My question is to the Prime Minister.
Does she accept estimates
that New Zealand's economy will shrink
by ten percent this year,
while Australia's will fall by less than five?
Mr. Speaker, as I've said,
- I've heard the range of...
Order, order.
Simon Bridges yelled across the House,
"She doesn't do the economy."
I wanted to punch him in the face.
That member may have the luxury
of sitting on that side of the House
not bearing the consequences of a wrong move.
Shouldn't the Prime Minister make a new decision
every single day about how she can safely
get more businesses back to business?
I'd love to see the member's evidence
that that's not exactly what we are doing.
We're like a group of children in the backseat of the car
yelling, "Are we there yet?"
Mr. Speaker, it's a global pandemic.
Relative to other years, this has been the worst.
Yeah.
Hey.
Yeah.
What a bugger.
Here we are in a country
that has pretty much suppressed Delta
through our remarkable uptake
and success of our vaccine program.
And just when you think you've got a handle on that,
and that life is, sort of,
coming to some semblance of normal,
along comes another variant.
It's not going to be pretty as people adjust
and get used to yet another wave
of this incredibly unpredictable...
bastard of a... of a virus.
If it has been four months
since your second dose,
you are due your booster.
Please go to Book My Vaccine...
A whole lot of anti-vaxxers
have now shown up at my parents' house
and are protesting out the front.
We don't have overbearing security.
And then suddenly you start to feel a bit unsafe.
Just a reminder again, of course, we've had...
Shout out, "Freedom!"
Freedom!
Shout out "Freedom!"
Freedom!
And I think...
Yeah.
Okay, well, a new year, another year.
Hmm.
Mm, it gets bigger. Hmm.
You're trying to tell us
that our freedom is found in getting the jab!
Jacinda has created a New Zealand
that I do not want to live in.
I reject Jacindaland!
Our forefathers have fought for this land
and you don't ride roughshod over it
because some girl in a skirt is on a power trip!
They had fake gallows on the Forecourt.
Ropes hanging down there.
They had the names of politicians, family members.
Um, it was, yeah, it was...
It was grim. Really grim.
So, how would you describe this last week?
If there is like a subterranean space
that sits beneath hell...
That.
Oh God, this version of John Farnham, the song,
they have played it so many times.
Oh no, no, no.
It's an absolute party down there
by the looks of what I was just seeing
- on the live. - Yeah.
Anyway, I'm gonna go home.
I can't do work here anymore, so...
No, no,
that's completely understandable.
I mean, their protest signs all say,
"End the mandate and we'll go home."
I would wager that probably 95 percent of the people
down there are not affected by the mandate.
They're not nurses and doctors and teachers.
They're waving American flags and Canadian flags,
and you can't help feeling that they've fallen
into someone else's wormhole and it's not ours.
Yeah.
There was a woman on the news last night that said
that her husband had got the booster
and that she was going to divorce him...
as a result, and that he would probably die.
So, that's his third dose of the vaccine,
and he is not dead,
so obviously he is not going to die.
But that's where--
That's the psychology down there.
And it's quite hard to know that that's what you're dealing with,
'cause it's not rational.
We didn't intend for mandates to be forever,
but the problem is we couldn't...
We, at that point, couldn't say when we felt like
we could safely remove them,
but what I wasn't going to do was arbitrarily remove them
because people were occupying Parliament's grounds.
Your job is to govern for everybody.
Talking about the country being deeply divided.
It's not deeply divided. It's not.
There's a one, two-percent minority
who are making a lot of noise
because they can't get what they want
and they don't want to do their bit for society.
Wow.
Hands off our children. There's... there's no...
There's no vaccine mandates for children.
And you see those signs everywhere.
This is an issue...
No more Jacinda!
Today, my first event got hijacked.
Someone found out where I was and put it on Facebook,
and they just descended. So, by the time I left,
they had to kind of rush me out.
There's Jacinda.
Look at her hiding in the back.
Hiding in the fucking back.
Go, go, go, go, go.
There's been a bit of media coverage lately
about awful online abuse of women,
particularly women politicians.
At various points there would be
different rumors about me and my family.
Some of them were really hurtful.
One of the attacks on Clarke
culminated in this hashtag, "Where is Clarke Gayford?"
And when I'd see it,
I would think, "He's at home raising our baby girl.
That is where he is."
Wow, you're so fancy...
I made the choice to be there.
My family didn't. And yet, they paid a price.
I still smell like fish.
It's because I've been living here.
Okay.
They didn't know it was fake or it was real.
- Yeah. - So at this stage...
Aotearoa! Aotearoa!
A standoff never seen before at Parliament.
At dawn, hundreds of police moved in
on the occupation that stretched
into its fourth week, and they came prepared.
Fuck you! Fuck you!
Recording identification,
this is interview number 27
with Jacinda Ardern of the Labour Party
for the Political Diary Project.
I take it you're not at Parliament
with the police and the protesters?
What's it been like being besieged there
these last few weeks?
Pretty awful.
And just people are being abused,
coming into the Beehive.
And you just see, you see all the signs
and you hear them, you know.
You can have this piece, darling.
It's that piece here, right? You can have your own one.
Oh, you want-- You want one? Okay.
So, yeah. So, no, it hasn't been...
Hasn't-- It hasn't been good.
Just go ahead and let the people-- Come on.
Keep going.
Where are you, Jacinda?
Your parliament's on fire.
Look at what you've caused just by lying to your own people!
This is Jacinda's world.
What the fuck did they do?
- Anyone? I'm all good, thank you.
Jacinda wants a cup of tea. Grant, do you want a cup of tea?
- No, thanks, Clarke.
Someone will drink the cup of tea. Yeah.
To see the Parliament, your Parliament, our Parliament,
desecrated in that way
by a small group of illegal protesters,
made me feel both angry and deeply sad.
But as I say, it is not something that will define
New Zealand's response to this pandemic.
It was an illegal occupation.
They engaged in hostile, violent, and aggressive behavior
throughout the occupation.
And today, that has culminated in the desecration
of this Parliament's grounds,
the People's Parliament, our democracy.
It's dark. Pull me.
- Is that pretty good? - Yeah.
- Do you wanna try? - No, no, I...
But I still carry grief...
over it.
For all the thinking I give
to what I would have done differently,
I would still rather be sitting in front of the public
and explaining why perhaps we did too much...
rather than why we did too little.
Because... the doing too little was the difference
between people living and people dying. Mm-hmm.
How many times have you set out in life
and thought, "Here's my goal."
Here's the thing that I'm setting out to achieve.
But then along the way,
achieve something completely different.
After nearly two years on the ice...
in the most atrocious conditions...
Shackleton brought every crew member back alive.
I had two goals in COVID.
Save people's lives and keep everyone together.
And I did one.
But I didn't manage to quite do the other.
We did a lot.
We did a lot on progressive issues,
things that meant a lot to us.
We set ambitious goals for climate change,
lifted kids out of poverty...
increase the minimum wage
and try to make people's lives easier.
And I worried that people,
in reaction to me having outstayed my welcome,
that some of the things we did-- and that mattered to me more
than me being in the job-- that some of the things
that we achieved might be undone.
If we remove me from the equation,
then perhaps we won't backslide on those things.
Perhaps those things that really matter,
they'll stay.
Even if I'm gone.
I need to just bring
the temperature down a little bit
for the good of politics, for the good of New Zealand...
for the good of the pendulum that swings.
- Am I allowed out now? - No, you have to...
It was important to me that when I made the decision
there actually was nothing particularly
going on at the time.
COVID and the occupation
was almost a year ago.
What a year to resign.
Which is gonna come as a shock
to just about everyone?
I... I don't know, I suppose so.
There was no single moment. It was just...
um, this overwhelming...
feeling that, um...
that if something else happened, something else that was...
big or difficult,
that I wouldn't have enough in the tank
to do a good job.
Have you ever thought about sort of reviewing
your processes in those instances
where you could have maybe...
shared a bit of that workload?
Did you just try and tell me to delegate?
- In a fairly subtle way, yeah. - It wasn't subtle.
It was like a full-blown mansplain.
But do you think that's been part of the problem?
Not being able to delegate some of the...
Well, because you really go in boots and all.
Your own staff members gave you a stethoscope...
- ...in response to your... - Time is not helping you.
No, I mean I know. But it's serious, though.
No, no, because those actually...
There's things about the ongoing job.
It's not that just if something bad happens,
I don't have enough to keep going.
It's the cumulative effect of everything as well.
It's almost the politics...
...that I find...
yeah, pretty unrelenting.
I just know I'm gonna find the next year hard.
Mm.
Going from full speed all of the time to nothing.
And so today, I'm announcing
that I will not be seeking re-election.
And that my term as Prime Minister
will conclude no later than the seventh of February.
Walking away from the most powerful job
in New Zealand politics,
bowing out nine months before the election.
- Cheers! - Cheers!
- Cheers! Cheers!
Mr. Speaker, when it came time
to pen these words, my father suggested
that I go back,
and look at the first ones I shared in this House.
I was 28 years old.
If I'm honest, I was probably more
than a little shocked to be here.
A feeling that even after 15 years,
never quite left me.
Politics has never been a tick list for me.
It's always been about progress.
Sometimes you can measure it and sometimes you can't.
To my family, people knew we were connected
and you copped a lot of flak.
Clarke, not many politicians
have a partner, that when they say,
"I'm thinking of leaving politics," reply,
"I think you should stay."
Thank you for all your patience,
your love, and support.
To my darling girl, Neve.
Gosh, I love how independent you are already.
Means you won't grow up being known
as the ex-Prime Minister's daughter, but rather,
I will happily be known as Neve's mum.
Now, I cannot determine what will define
my time in this place, but I do hope
I've demonstrated something else entirely.
That you can be anxious, sensitive, kind,
and wear your heart on your sleeve.
You can be a mother or not.
You can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger.
You can be all of these things.
And not only can you be here, you can lead...
just like me.
Thank you. You're so kind. Thank you so much.
- Job done. - Job done.
What's next?
Cup of tea and a lie down.
Well, it's been what, almost two weeks since...
...you shocked the nation.
What made you do that?
I got a lift with Clarke down to the waterfront.
We went for a walk.
And it was, yeah, it was gone.
Just that...
that weight...
uh, that just sits there all of the time,
that at any moment you might be called upon
because something might happen,
or just that constant sense of responsibility.
Uh, it just went straight away.
Mm. It surprised me.
Mm.
You know, since in Wellington
there were some surfers who were out,
there's this one guy who's got the back of his van open,
and he just yells, "Hey, young lovers!"
And...
And I thought, "Oh my gosh, I can't remember
the last time I was called young."
I didn't feel like I looked that way anymore.
I felt like I looked like I carried the weight
of the world on my shoulders.
Oh, that's awesome, Neve!
It is! It's working!
It's working. Just keep running, Mum. Don't stop.
Something about the way he yelled it,
I thought, "Man, do we look different?"
I come from the bottom of the world.
I was lucky enough to be prime minister
of that beautiful country for five years.
I unexpectedly found myself as leader,
and soon after found myself
with a bit of a surprise pregnancy.
I was and still am an incredibly normal person,
plagued with imposter syndrome and self-doubt,
who just happened to find myself in an extraordinary position.
I am living, breathing, incredibly flawed proof
that you underestimate what you are capable of
until you are doing it.
♪ Sometimes ♪
♪ All I need is The air that I breathe ♪
♪ And to love you ♪
♪ All I need is The air that I breathe ♪
♪ Yes, to love you... ♪
She has become a global symbol
of compassion, resilience,
hope, and bold, and decisive action.
Kia ora and good evening.
It is my pleasure to be here.
Tonight, we have Jacinda with us,
and the United States has borrowed her
for a long stay,
so we're grateful to have you here.
Thank you, thank you.
Yes, yes.
When your own constitution
was adopted,
Benjamin Franklin was asked what had been created,
and he replied, quote, "A republic if you can keep it."
If you can keep it.
And the overwhelming challenges that lay in front of us,
and our constant efforts to reach into the systems,
the structures, the power,
don't overlook the simple act right in front of you.
The impact that we each have as individuals.
The former president had said
that climate change is a hoax.
The disinformation will only increase.
The pull into the comfort of our tribes will be magnified.
But we have it within us
to ensure that that doesn't mean we fracture.
We are at a precipice.
But I'm an optimist at heart.
Shackleton had this saying...
"Optimism is true moral courage."
You know it's a state of mind that...
helps to motivate.
That helps you to push through.
I always got the sense that we would treat people
who would describe themselves in that way as if they're naive.
As if they're dreamers.
Optimism is not naivety, it's hope.
We have war raging, the ongoing challenge
and threat of climate change...
rapid technological development.
It is hard not to switch on the news some days
and just think the world is a dumpster fire.
How do we shine a light on the humanity
that I know is still there in amongst everything else?
Mm.
That's what keeps me going anyway.
My life and my world is very small here
and I like that a lot.
When we recognized you from across the street,
I was like, "My goodness."
Hi.
Yay!
Since we've been away, it's actually just felt quieter.
And I think that's probably what we needed.
- How's he doing? - Good.
So, this is just a moment in time.
Hey, Mum.
But...
yeah, nowhere will ever be like home.
♪ There is freedom within There is freedom without ♪
♪ Try to catch the deluge In a paper cup ♪
♪ There's a battle ahead Many battles are lost ♪
♪ But you'll never see the end Of the road ♪
♪ While you're travelling With me ♪
♪ Hey, now, hey, now Don't dream it's over ♪
♪ Hey, now, hey, now When the world comes in ♪
♪ They come, they come To build a wall between us ♪
♪ We know, they won't win ♪
♪ Now I'm towing my car There's a hole in the roof ♪
♪ My possessions Are causing me suspicion ♪
♪ But there's no proof ♪
♪ In the paper today Tales of war and of waste ♪
♪ But you turn right over To the TV page ♪
♪ Hey, now, hey, now Don't dream it's over ♪
♪ Hey, now, hey, now When the world comes in ♪
♪ They come, they come To build a wall between us ♪
♪ We know, they won't win ♪
♪ Hey, now, hey, now ♪
♪ Don't let them win ♪
♪ Hey, now, hey, now ♪
♪ Don't let them win ♪