Jacinda Ardern says "You can lead just like me" while addressing the New Zealand Parliament for the Last Time

After guiding the country through the Covid-19 epidemic and a terrorist attack in Christchurch, former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in her last speech to Parliament that all New Zealanders should feel that politics can be their home.

Jacinda announced her resignation as prime minister in January, stating she had "no more in the tank" to run the country. She thanked her family, her political party, and her supporters.

As she assumed the position of the world's youngest female head of state at age 37 in 2017, she suddenly became well-known on a worldwide scale. When she brought her infant to a United Nations conference, she garnered even more worldwide notice.

Popular overseas, higher costs, an increase in crime, and contentious changes to the water and agricultural systems gradually eroded her support at home.

Over her five years as leader of the center-left Labour party, Jacinda guided New Zealand through a volcanic eruption, a 2019 shooting in Christchurch that left 51 Muslim worshippers dead, and the pandemic. In that string of incidents, Jacinda said she had come into contact with people "at their most bereaved or terrible moments."

Wearing a gift of a Korowai, a traditional Maori cloak regarded as a show of respect and dignity, Jacinda said in Parliament that "Their tales and faces remain imprinted in my mind and likely will forever."

Jacinda, whose parents worked at a school canteen and were police officers, said she wanted her career to encouraging others to run for politics. She added with tears in her eyes, "You may be nervous, sensitive, compassionate, and put your heart on your sleeve." You may choose whether or not to be a mother or an ex-Mormon. You may be a geek, a cryer, or a hugger, and not only can you be here, but you can also lead like I do.

Jacinda was hired to an unpaid position battling violent extremism online at a group founded in the wake of the Christchurch massacre by Chris Hipkins, Jacinda’s successor. Jacinda stated that she was eager to participate in the deradicalization effort.

She received praise from people on all political sides for how she handled the Covid epidemic, which she described as a "difficult experience." Despite having some of the tightest regulations in the world, New Zealand has one of the lowest mortality rates.

You won't grow up being known as the former prime minister's daughter, but I will gladly be known as Neve's mum, and I wouldn't have it any other way', Jacinda assured her 4-year-old daughter, Neve, as she turned to face the spectators and thanked her boyfriend, Clarke Gayford.