She is very vocal. She had, though, seen the shooters manifesto, the 74-page screed he posted online. Learn more about Jacinda in Taking the Lead: How Jacinda Ardern Wowed the World, out now in your local bookstore. 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). Wouldnt it be good if the president of the United States showed greater moral leadership? 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 was President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. His views are his own and do not represent Massey University. Yes.. It still makes me laugh that Vogue came up with that, she said. 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. 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. 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. What did it mean? A filter will be available to find the specific debate / speech you wish to view. Here are a few things you might not have known about the leader of New Zealands Labour party: Jacinda was born in Hamilton on 26 July 1980 and her family then moved to Murupara, where Jacindas father Ross worked as a policeman. While that suite of reforms had seen a mass sell-off of state assets and the dismantling of New Zealands extensive system of regulations and economic controls, it had left its welfare state mostly untouched. I knew what I wanted to say about that straight away. 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. She doesnt run out of words. These stories, they now form part of our collective memories. Are You Happy Now manages to be both extremely zeitgeisty but also timeless. Her partner is Clarke Gayfo Sometimes, what youre promoting isnt tangible. Hansard (Debates) Also in this . I occasionally go to events which may have quite a bit of profile and pressure around them. Previously the youngest Prime Minister, it appears she has run out of energy right when public opinion is turning on her beloved Labour Party. In an event like this I can only assume, because Ive never been through one before theres not a lot of time available to think about the language you want to use. Intro 'Smiling socialist' Jacinda Ardern is trying to 'shut down free speech' Sky News Australia 3.08M subscribers Subscribe 8.1K Share 181K views 4 months ago Everyone should be concerned. I didnt mean it that way. They resolved against the flip-flops, and settled on flats. Its not known if she has ever resigned, so if she is still a member today, that would bring it close to 15 or even as much as 20 years. Get our print magazine for just $20 a year. Here was a progressive upgrade on Canadas Justin Trudeau: an outward-looking young woman in a global lineup still dominated by greying men. Last week I went half a day with my shirt inside out., For Ardern, Neve helps keep things in perspective. By the way, I have used "comrade" because it is how union members referred to themselves throughout the 2009 meeting. Socialism is based on the theory that incentives don't matter! and served as president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. But she is done with that kind of question. If you could see the amount of reading that is required in that role. She crosses the office to her desk and pulls an A4 sheet of paper from a drawer. Jacinda started her political career in high school. At school, her mother once revealed, she convened a happy club. 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. Ardern returned to New Zealand and entered the House of Representatives in 2008. They werent alone: the head of BusinessNZ similarly suggested the government couldve been more generous with its benefit increases. In the days that have followed the terrorist attack on the 15th of March, we have often found ourselves without words. Lets do this, went the slogan. The co-creators of Hero of the Sea interview each other about writing, illustrating and their latest collaboration. I stand here as a very proud member of the great socialist democratic Labour Party, proclaimed New Lynn MP Deborah Russell. She would boot me a lot., Ardern began her speech that day by casting back a year, when she had asked all of you to hold all of us, and myself, to account. We hear you. She used to kick me a lot, but I would especially notice when I came on to marae [a Mori meeting place], probably because of all the noise, the haka and performances. A fight was brewing over the possible introduction of a capital gains tax. Richardsons debt-and-surplus obsession lives on in this current government, which has consistently justified its resistance to more public investment by pointing to debt fears, and even took care to frame this budget as keeping a lid on debt and tracking a responsible return towards surplus through targeted investments. Labours continued refusal to get rid of benefit sanctions reflects a fundamental acceptance of Bolger and Richardsons moralistic distaste for welfare, as does its plan for a separate unemployment insurance scheme. The strength of capitalism can be attributed to an incentive structure based upon the three Ps: (1) prices determined by market forces. (I spoke to Clark a few days after the Christchurch attack, and she told me Arderns response had resonated because it was authentic. However, she just couldnt stop her desire to help others and ended up working at a New York soup kitchen, serving food to the poor and homeless people of the city. [Peters] said I think we need to be there, says Ardern. I thought, yeah, that looks all right, thatll do.. 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. Her partner, Clarke Gayford, she smiles, is not impressed. An assault on the freedom of any one of us who practices their faith or religion, is not welcome here. We will remember the first responders who gave so much of themselves to save others. 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. I have been asking Ardern about her immediate response to the attack, which from the outset put a clear emphasis on inclusivity and solidarity. Already on our list? What words capture the anguish of our Muslim community being the target of hatred and violence? Trump had by then called to offer his condolences, and asked what he could do to help. 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. Theres no point at which you can say: I give up on being a parent or I give up on doing this job., There is no nanny. Answer (1 of 14): 1. The answer lies in our humanity. I could hear her off to the side. Download our Taking the Lead word search here! We didnt even know a confirmed toll. Soon he was joined by several others. Were trying to do it ourselves and with our family, said Ardern. Because we are not immune to the viruses of hate, of fear, of other. 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. It turned out the strict gun law Ardern championed failed to curb gun crimes. You just do what feels right.. Terrible bone structure. Now, whether you agree with her political philosophy is where the difference lies. The 50 names of the dead are read aloud, the only other sound the whirring of a police helicopter in the distance. A fortnight after the attack, a national remembrance service is held at Hagley Park in Christchurch, not far from Al Noor Mosque. Its very genuine, and people warm to that. 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? Maybe with your sincerity, not your smile, suggested the photographer. 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. 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. 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. They are us. Arguably, the Government revolves around Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern she calls the shots. Bernie Sanderss two presidential campaigns sparked a series of elections of democratic socialists at every level of US government. I've had the pleasure of meeting her socially on a couple of occasions and I imagine she'd be a huge asset. A staffer also tells me that Neve has been teething. Jacinda was more surprised than anyone when she was handed the leadership aft. That doesnt necessarily apply to her. It was shortly after 11am and the speeches, from local elders, from politicians, echoed back and forth across the lawn. And women and girls around the world will be the better for it., From a closer proximity, and speaking before the Christchurch attacks, Gayford told me that what he found most impressive was his partners grip on the minutiae. 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. The Unions focus was human rights and equal opportunities for the worlds children. Steve Elers is a senior lecturer at Massey Universitys School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing who writes a weekly column for Stuff on social and cultural issues. 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. I think we were musing about this the risk of ambition. Really, upholding the community standards that theyve set themselves, I think, is what people are asking for Were asking for them to invest in ways to prevent the kind of harm we saw in the aftermath. Not today. Its been folded in half, and in half again, and again. I think people dont want us to be perfect, she said. 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. The level of detail that she has to absorb, and is able to retain, blows my mind. Fifteen times. In the wake of New Zealands worst terror attack, the prime minister talks frankly about the aftermath, global scrutiny and how a nation heals. All the talk of a budget returning Labour to its roots starts to ring hollow when even one of the countrys leading business advocacy groups thinks the government was a mite stingy on helping the poor. Needless to say, Labours budget has nothing approaching this ambition, nor does it even try to reverse all this. JACINDA ARDERN . Its just the way I feel about people that talk like machine guns. We know we need to act, she had told them. Today, in the most appalling circumstances imaginable, she has the worlds ear. Jacinda Ardern, former Young Labour president and political advisor, was 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, in January 2008.. She is now the Prime Minister of New Zealand, serving since 26 October 2017.. 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. But she says she enjoys this part of the job: I dont get exasperated or frustrated by it. Really? My belief in the humanity of New Zealanders has strengthened. 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. Jacinda is apparently known not just for her considerable intellect and political nous but also her hair - evidently Scoop thought so too, deeming it worthy of inclusion in this photo of recently confirmed Labour Rimutaka candidate, Chris Hipkins. We are not immune to the viruses of hate, of fear, of other. 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.). There is no question that [the] ideas and language of division and hate have existed for decades, but their form of distribution, the tools of organisation, they are new, she said. But I said what I needed to say., I try again. I struggle not to smile, Ardern said through clenched teeth. Penguin Books New Zealand A Penguin Random House Company, 12 of the best non-fiction audiobooks narrated by authors, Everything you need to know before watching Lockwood & Co on Netflix, Feeling lost and overwhelmed this holiday season? On the contrary, gun crimes rose to a 10-year high after the law went into effect, according to Radio New Zealand. This means Ardern must negotiate with both NZ First and the Green party to advance any legislation. Read the story being discussed on Jesse Mulligans show on Radio New Zealand on 17 May 2018. Can I give you an observation? Arderns Labour-led coalition government was under constant scrutiny: could she achieve the transformational reform shed promised, when every change in the law meant scratching the backs of her coalition partners? You just have to. Her opponents sneered that it was all just stardust, but the party surged on a wave of Jacindamania. Our new issue on nationalism is out now. watched as international politics has continued to change while serving as the president of the International Union of Socialist Youthan umbrella organisation of over 150 progressive youth movements from . And you dont pick that sort of thing up because youre not a Marxist. 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, . The Spinoffs political coverage is powered by the generous support of our members. Over the past two weeks we have heard the stories of those impacted by this terrorist attack. Will she be speaking to him about his xenophobic rhetoric? I look like Im pouting. It was naturally what you would do. , for Ardern, Neve helps keep things in perspective philosophy is where the difference.. 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