Jacinda Ardern Bids Farewell to Politics in Tears

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bid farewell to Parliament today, Wednesday, in tears as she delivered a speech in which she stated that "the citizens of New Zealand must trust in politics." Ardern left her position after leading the country during a period that included the COVID-19 pandemic and a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch. She resigned from her role as Prime Minister in January, saying she "no longer had anything left to give to lead the country." Ardern first emerged on the global stage in 2017 when she became the youngest head of government in the world, and she is now thirty-seven years old. She gained further attention when she brought her infant daughter to a United Nations meeting.