The couples mothers are the main backup unit, especially when Gayford is away shooting Fish Of The Day, his fishing-travel-cooking hybrid show for the National Geographic channel. Labour had, after all, just come off a stunning landslide election win that gave it a single-handed outright majority, a first since the countrys 1996 electoral reforms. Jeremy Corbyns leadership led to a surge in left-wing membership in the UK Labour Party and ongoing wins by the partys socialists in local governments all over the country. Ardern became a list MP in 2008, a position she held for almost ten years until her election to the Mount Albert electorate in the . For a school project, Jacinda interviewed former Member of Parliament Marilyn Waring and was very impressed by how friendly and helpful Ms Waring was. It felt incredibly sad but completely obvious as well, that there would be those who would be worried. It was naturally what you would do. Thenprime minister Jim Bolger aimed to arrest New Zealands drift from work to welfare, end what he believed was permanent dependency on the state, and achieve a permanent and substantial reduction in the financial and human cost of welfarism.. A filter will be available to find the specific debate / speech you wish to view. In 2007 Ardern was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. Our new issue on nationalism is out now. 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. Ardern and her comrades think its best that everyone is equaland this is achieved through securing a redistribution of resources. But even when we had no words, we still heard yours, and they have left us humbled and they have left us united. Violence, and extremism in all its forms, is not welcome here. The term has been adopted by socialists and communists for party members. I do not use "comrade"disparagingly here, as indeed Ardern herself used the term 15 times in just seven minutes at this public event. JACINDA ARDERN . If there are words that proved defining, they were those spoken by 71-year-old Haji-Daoud Nabi, who moments before being shot dead addressed the gunman from the door of Al Noor mosque, saying: Hello, brother.. This was my first press conference. Later the same year she returned to New Zealand to campaign full-time during the 2008 election and became New Zealand's youngest MP. Jacinda only got into power because Winston Peter's liked to cause problems for the National party. Comrades this, comrades that. Jacinda Ardern is transforming New Zealand into a socialist state. No friend of free speech, she had little regard for public opinion and no respect for those with a contrary . It made similar cuts and restructuring to the university system, moving it further along in its transformation from a public good to a private service. Following the Christchurch attacks, Ardern was asked at a press conference if she agreed with Trumps downplaying of the rise of white supremacy. Jacinda became the second woman ever elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth, the world's largest international political youth . 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. If so, this must be the most unusual socialist party in the world. (Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images). Last week I went half a day with my shirt inside out., For Ardern, Neve helps keep things in perspective. That morning, Friday 15 March, she had surprised a crowd of local school students who were taking part in the global climate strike. It had just gone 2pm, and a wall of the meeting room was lit in horizontal lines, stencilled through Venetian blinds. And, lets be honest, in the lead up, too., Ardern sips from a mug of tea though she confesses that, years after quitting, shes also drinking coffee again. As-salaam Alaikum. People have remarked upon the way weve responded, but to me there was no question. 2. 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. Its been folded in half, and in half again, and again. And while Labours manifesto remained essentially unchanged, people suddenly started to listen. Shes not putting on an act. Answer (1 of 14): 1. E ng mana, e ng reo, e ng rangatira. Use the key to unlock the secret message! The sun was beating down and Neve, in a blue bonnet and spotted dress, clucked away happily. UPDATE 2: Chris sent us the uncropped original (click for larger view): Apologies to the Schnews that was actually a pretty good wee publication that came out of Brighton, England. I just know we have a lot of work to do to make that universal.. Later, Ardern was due to officially open a music festival, but at that moment she was on her way to visit the site of a new school. A year earlier, she had become the first female prime minister to speak at the Waitangi pwhiri, a significant moment in the New Zealand calendar, and the youngest, at 37. Jacinda started her political career in high school. E te whnau o APEC, ka mihi a Aotearoa Niu Tireni ki a koutou katoa. Fifteen times. She wooed the world with talk of kindness and compassion, while at home ruling like a dictator. Progressives are socialists. Let that be the legacy of the 15th of March. She is sharp mentally. The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and most of those who graduated from the Marxist group the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) are actually followers of Leon Trotsky (1879 -1940). She keeps talking and she talks fast. After returning to New Zealand the 28-year-old entered . Haere atu r. And so to each of us as we go from here, we have work to do, but do not leave the job of combatting hate to the government alone. The co-creators of Hero of the Sea interview each other about writing, illustrating and their latest collaboration. Are You Happy Now manages to be both extremely zeitgeisty but also timeless. Ardern agrees. New Zealands top talkback host has been listening to the new leader of the Labour Party. David Hills new picture book Taking the Lead: How Jacinda Ardern Wowed the World is a treat for both adults and children, exploring the life and career of one of the most popular world leaders with beautiful illustrations by Phoebe Morris. Labours guarded but seemingly genuine attempt to try on the socialist label could be a positive step if it helps further demystify the word, particularly in a country still stumbling around in the hungover haze of a decades-old neoliberal binge. I found this hard to believe. Discussions surrounding a potential delay in elections gripped many countries around the . Peace be upon you. They resolved against the flip-flops, and settled on flats. She crosses the office to her desk and pulls an A4 sheet of paper from a drawer. But I am pragmatic about how much time that sometimes takes. The optimism tends to win out. Toby Manhire is the editor of New Zealand online magazine the Spinoff. And Im very proud to say to the good people of the Wairarapa that they elected a proud socialist as their MP.. Team play is more important than ever in politics. Jacinda worked at a soup kitchen in New York. But I said what I needed to say., I try again. We as young socialists believe in a social democratic system which secures a redistribution of resources.. In the shoe.. I will forgive lavishly, because this heart doesnt want any more life to be lost, he tells the crowd. The failure of socialism can be traced to its neglect of these three . Bunches of flowers, handmade cards and soft toys line the footpath. A handful of words have been highlighted in bright orange. Once every 30 seconds. But we can strive to be true to the words embedded in our national anthem, .css-cumn2r{height:1em;width:1.5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;}Men of every creed and race,Gather here before Thy face,Asking Thee to bless this placeGod defend our free land, From dissension, envy, hateAnd corruption, guard our stateMake our country good and greatGod defend New Zealand, Christchurch memorial: standing ovation for Ardern at New Zealand service, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Jacinda Ardern's full Christchurch speech: 'Let us be the nation we believe ourselves to be' video, Jacinda Ardern given standing ovation at New Zealand service. 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? Needless to say, all this is welcome news in a country where poverty is not only shockingly high but has stayed frustratingly static, even worsening over the course of the pandemic. (So let us gather with love, in peace, for this family, so that they may truly live again, so that we all may truly live again.). I have been asking Ardern about her immediate response to the attack, which from the outset put a clear emphasis on inclusivity and solidarity. The very mention prompted a grimace: There are very few international political experiences quite like Brexit. But she wouldnt volunteer any advice for Theresa May, who at the time had narrowly survived a no-confidence motion. Armed police are everywhere. In 2008, Ardern was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth, a role that took her around the world. Jacinda Ardern, in full Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, (born July 26, 1980, Hamilton, New Zealand), New Zealand politician who in August 2017 became leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and then in October 2017, at age 37, became the country's youngest prime minister in more than 150 years. Ill show you something, says Jacinda Ardern. You may know her as the youngest and third female Prime Minister of New Zealand, the first head of government to take maternity leave and the powerfully empathetic responder in times of crisis. Ill just leave it there., But she didnt leave it there, picking up on a thread from our conversation in Waitangi earlier in the week. Towards the end of her Waitangi speech, she had quoted Michael Savage, the venerated Labour statesman who led the party to government for the first time in 1935: We dont claim perfection, but what we do claim is a considerable advance on the past. Its a line that Ardern had rolled out in at least three big recent speeches, and felt, in part, like a plea to dial down the Jacindamania a call to pragmatism. We hear you. What would it take to really reverse the Mother of all Budgets and its malignant legacy? The result was what youd expect: poverty and hunger persistently rose while wealth inequality dramatically widened, with Richardsons beloved government surpluses built predominantly on the back of often poor families. The first step would be recalling that it was more than just a merciless assault on welfare. We only had a short amount of time to prepare.. Act of exraordnry violence. Maybe with your sincerity, not your smile, suggested the photographer. Download our Taking the Lead word search here! But, no, I didnt think about particular words. Including some rightwing radio hosts from the United States just so you know that Im being fair and balanced. A lot of pumpkin. Needless to say, Labours budget has nothing approaching this ambition, nor does it even try to reverse all this. She was elected uncontested at IUSY's world congress held in the Dominican Republic yesterday. Many predicted that wave would crash on a grumpy rock in the shape of Winston Peters, whose nationalist NZ First (think a hosed-down version of Ukip) held the balance of power after the election. A fight was brewing over the possible introduction of a capital gains tax. Richardsons budget radically overhauled housing policy, scrapping programs that supported homeownership, replacing income-based rents with market-based ones for state housing, and sold off the governments $2.4 billion worth of mortgages that had helped struggling families buy their first homes. In this respect, New Zealands 2021 budget looks less like a repudiation of Ruth Richardsons ideology than the furthest left you can go while operating under it. Jacinda loves music and briefly worked as a DJ at an Aucklands Laneway Festival and in some record shops. It was time to torpedo the status quo, he said, and at 72, he opted to become deputy to a thirtysomething prime minister. Jacinda was President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. 17 April 2021 9:00 AM There she goes, New Zealand's Wonder Woman, striking a model's pose on the cover of yet another women's magazine, Thrive, dedicated to the wellness mantras Ardern herself spouts. The 2009 union meeting is relevant not just because Ardern was president, but because the official resolutions outlined progressive answers to the financial crisis aka the global financial crisis or GFC. Now Im finding out what every parent finds out: its not about whats possible or whats not, its about making it work. I never met him while I worked for him. And then I came here and was met with this simple greeting. If you would like a comment on this piece to be considered for inclusion on Weekend magazines letters page in print, please fill in the form below. It turned out the strict gun law Ardern championed failed to curb gun crimes. That 1991 document had aimed to complete the neoliberal revolution started by Labour itself in the mid-1980s. Simple, she says, nodding her head. t Waitangi in early February, I had asked Ardern about the international attention she had attracted for being young, for being a new mother. It was a tough choice between being a clown (because they have so much fun) or a scientist (like her big sister Louise), but when she realised her passion for helping others, Jacinda chose politics. And my response to that? One is the idea that you just talk, and you confuse people, and if you talk fast enough and quickly enough, etcetera, and no one can keep up and they think theyre the dumb ones, and youre the bright one, and they dont know what youre saying, but youre saying something and it must be important, because you sound like you know what youre saying. She is very vocal. Yeah there you go. Jacinda Ardern is one of New Zealand's young politicians, Sarah Hall sits down with her to find out just what her aspirations are. And how often should the reset occur? a terrorist attack in Christchurch took the lives of 50 people, over a failure to meet targets on a flagship house-building scheme, the party surged on a wave of Jacindamania, opted to become deputy to a thirtysomething prime minister, the second world leader to give birth in office, throwing his weight behind a Fox News broadcaster, said the murders did not come overnight, national remembrance service is held at Hagley Park in Christchurch. When the call came, Ardern was travelling in a minivan, sitting alongside the mayor of New Plymouth, a small city on the west coast of the North Island. Printed on the back is the running order for an event she hosted in Auckland the night before the attack. It just wasnt something she thought about, she said, hardly at all. Appointed as New Zealand's Prime Minister in 2017, Jacinda Ardern has been described as an iron fist in a velvet glove. Succinctly, steelily, the prime minister framed what had happened in her own terms. In the hours after the attack, in which an Australian-born white-supremacist shot dead 50 unarmed people in two mosques, Ardern said that this was an act of terrorism. Even in utero, Neve had made her presence known. And so we say to those who have lost the most, we may not have always had the words. And you dont pick that sort of thing up because youre not a Marxist. Its decision to stagger the boost means families in need will now be pointlessly deprived of much-needed funds until next year. Sidebar: Ive never trusted people who talk too fast. 4. But the more important question is, what exactly does all this posturing mean? You know, the Muslim community was so obviously targeted, and they wear their faith so openly., There was no need to deliberate on her decision not to use the name of the terrorist, either: It just seemed obvious to me. She had received no report, no advice reflecting the wealth of research that urges political leaders and the media to deny terrorists the notoriety they crave. Earlier that decade, she lived for two and a half years in London, where she worked in Tony Blairs Cabinet Office. As IUSY we struggle for redistribution between the north and the south and for redistribution between the poor and the rich, because we believe in equality and justice., On the same trajectory, Ardern and her comrades said:Human beings are born with unequal resources available. Arderns suggestion was that he could provide sympathy and love for all Muslim communities. As President, Jacinda got to travel the world even more with meetings in China, Lebanon and Jordan, to name a few. With her partner and daughter at the UN in New York last September. And we also ask that the condemnation of violence and terrorism turns now to a collective response. Not today. Get our print magazine for just $20 a year. A staffer also tells me that Neve has been teething. Understandably the global media paint the. Were trying to do it ourselves and with our family, said Ardern. Photograph: Jessie Casson/The Guardian, Jacinda Ardern: Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. In the past weeks, New Zealand has reckoned with its own history. From the thousands at vigils to the 95 year old man who took four buses to attend a rally because he couldnt sleep from the sadness of seeing the hurt and suffering of others. Simple words, spoken by the bereaved and everyone I met who has been affected by this attack. Ardern is wearing a traditional Mori cloak and, even before she begins speaking, is given a standing ovation. No friend of free speech, she had little regard for public opinion and no respect for those with a contrary view. Jacinda Ardern's graceful departure is the personification of modern democratic ideals Van Badham The New Zealand prime minister's bold and resolute leadership neutralised hoary stereotypes. 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. Who had sought refuge, or sought a better life for themselves or their families. Appointed as New Zealand's Prime Minister in 2017, Jacinda Ardern has been described as an iron fist in a velvet glove. There is very little time to sit and think in those terms. Most controversially, when it came to the superannuation surcharge a claw-back tax on high-earner pensioners that dented the programs universality the budget both raised the rate and expanded the number of people who had to pay it. What words capture the anguish of our Muslim community being the target of hatred and violence? This past week in New Zealand saw an apparently spontaneous series of self-outings by professed democratic socialists among the countrys Labour Party. 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. . They werent alone: the head of BusinessNZ similarly suggested the government couldve been more generous with its benefit increases. 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. Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. The elements of that surprised me, says Ardern today. I absolutely knew what I wanted to say. Comrades means something. Some of you may well know that, some years ago, I was the President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. It is actually a Marxist term. Sometimes I think we tend to think about our own actions in confined ways, and we underestimate the impact that we have. The answer lies in our humanity. 'For me, it's time,' she added, during her surprise resignation speech this morning. Her opponents sneered that it was all just stardust, but the party surged on a wave of Jacindamania. 1:30 PM 'I don't have enough in the tank,' complained 42-year-old Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 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. Comforting a mourner at Kilbirnie mosque in Wellington. All this wasnt about the nuts and bolts of practical policy. The critical thing has been the inclusive approach. After graduating from a Bachelor of Communications at the University of Waikato, Jacinda took some time to travel overseas. He is an extremist, she told parliament four days later. Two police officers stand by the glass doors, cradling semi-automatic weapons. But a closer look at the details shows how Labour plays a central role in that neoliberal order. Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. Its nice that Labours not afraid of the word socialist anymore. I look like Im pouting. As if becoming a mother and prime minister were not challenging enough, Ardern found herself hailed as a standard bearer for women everywhere. If you value what we do and believe in the importance of independent and freely accessible journalism tautoko mai,donate today. Shes changing the game. And is New Zealand Labour returning to its semi-socialist roots? Among the speakers this morning is 13-year-old Salma, who stands at the microphone and says, simply, of her father, Ashraf, who was killed: He was a really nice man. Farid Ahmeds wife, Husna, was killed at Al Noor Mosque, too. I didnt mean it that way. 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. Locals started leaving tributes here on 15 March; today they form a river, filling the pavement for 250 metres. I thought there were none. Today, in the most appalling circumstances imaginable, she has the worlds ear. 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. They are us. Observers waited to see how Labour would spend the oodles of political capital it had gathered off the back of one of the worlds best pandemic responses. Ardern was named Labour's spokesperson for youth . The word progressive is a dirty word, to be blunt, in my philosophy. And one of the first high-profile fights it picked with its newly gained political capital was with public-sector workers and the union that represents them, whom it tried to hit with a pay freeze. But she says she enjoys this part of the job: I dont get exasperated or frustrated by it. Really? (He is a criminal. Read this book, former Member of Parliament Marilyn Waring. Subscribe today to get it in print! I am here today to bring with me the grief of all New Zealand, she said. So I actually think that, in New Zealand, we do things our own way.. Following this morning's interview with Jacinda Ardern, hosted by Larry Williams in the absence of Mike Hosking - genuine get-well-soon wishes to Mike - Smith delivered an observation, an. Lets do this, went the slogan. On the contrary, gun crimes rose to a 10-year high after the law went into effect, according to Radio New Zealand. They were simple words, repeated by community leaders who witnessed the loss of their friends and loved ones. E papaki t ana ng tai o maumahara ki runga o tautahi. This is especially so outside New Zealand. It felt very deliberate: was it? But we can be the nation that discovers the cure. At age 28, she was its youngest member. Twice a minute. Jacinda was more surprised than anyone when she was handed the leadership aft. No, she said. At Buckingham Palace with the Queen in April 2017. I will always strive for better. 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. It had just gone 2pm, and a wall of the meeting room was lit in horizontal lines, stencilled through Venetian blinds. If anything, it shows how firmly New Zealand remains under the thrall of this thirty-year-old document. We will remember the first responders who gave so much of themselves to save others. The world has been stuck in a vicious cycle of extremism breeding extremism and it must end. It is just 10 days since. Jacinda Ardern uses the word comrade 15 times in just 7 minutes Show more 22.09.15 - Question 11 - Jacinda Ardern to the Prime Minister The Kiwi that Soared - At home with New Zealand Prime. The definition of "comrade" from An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Marxism, Socialism and Communism is as follows: Originally, one who shares the same chamber. She calls herself a progressive. This is a huge achievement. Limited though this announcement is, not even Helen Clarks Labour government in the 2000s dared to try and wholly undo Richardsons welfare cuts, a sign that things really are slowly shifting. (2) a profit-and-loss system of accounting. She pointedly refused to speak the name of the man who did it. It focused on her pledge to make 2019 a year of delivery, and some signs that the halo of the Jacindamania that brought her to office had begun to dim. Maybe with your sincerity, not your smile, suggested the photographer. Little wonder CPAG and other experts and anti-poverty campaigners have been bitterly underwhelmed by the governments announcement. The revival of socialism in mainstream politics has been one of the bigger developments of the last five years. New Zealand's third female PM, and at 37 our youngest leader since Edward Stafford in 1856, Jacinda Ardern had the most meteoric rise to power of any New Zealand PM - three months prior to being sworn in, . Approximately.. and served as 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. Simple words, whispered by the injured from their hospital beds. Subscribe today and get a yearlong print and digital subscription. The case that Labours budget last week avenges these misdeeds is based on its $3.3 billion boost to welfare, set to incrementally rise over the next year, first in July, then in April 2022. Asked whether she, too, was a socialist, Ardern once president of the International Union of Socialist Youth professed that Ive always described myself as a democratic socialist but that I have never found those terms particularly useful in New Zealand because we do not tend to talk in those terms here., Here it is more common to say progressive, or member of the Labour Party, she explained. Instead, Ardern and her comrades stated: Redistribution will lead to more financial stability and justice. I dont know. To see people from across society, people who maybe have never even known anyone who goes to a mosque, come out with the flowers and the donations and say: this is not the New Zealand we know and love.). President Joe Biden welcomed socialist New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the White House on Tuesday to discuss economic ties, gun control, and "space exploration" but not, reports indicated, Ardern's decision to use Chinese coronavirus measures to delay the 2020 New Zealand election.. The prime minister was deep in conversation with her press secretary when she arrived for the formal part of our interview at Waitangi in February. It still makes me laugh that Vogue came up with that, she said. She highlighted recent reforms to help disadvantaged Mori, to lift children out of poverty, most notably in the form of a families package that boosted assistance to low- and middle-income families. The other is that shes actually pretty smart. It also prompted Ardern herself to weigh in. 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. In light of Labour's leadership crisis, we take a look back at. The information was patchy and it was very difficult to decipher exactly what had happened, she recalls. At school, her mother once revealed, she convened a happy club. 3. Oh, you know, sometimes you want things to be resolved a bit quicker, but I go in knowing I have to have those conversations. If you could see the amount of reading that is required in that role. What did it mean? How finding your ikigai can give you a new perspective on stress. But what I do know is Ardern and her comrades provided the above answers in 2009and now she is leading us into the economic recovery of post-Covid-19. She put it frankly to me: I didnt know if I was going to be able to have kids., Then it all happened at once.