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紐西蘭總理阿爾登(Jacinda Ardern)20日在一場演講中向全體國人聲明,紐西蘭政府與中國有3個歧見,包含台灣應參與世界衛生組織(WHO)、港版國安法、以及維吾爾族人處境。對此,我國外交部發言人今(29)日回應表示,外交部對阿爾登表達誠摯謝意,並說明兩國在各領域的交流與合作關係。

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紐西蘭總理阿爾登、中國領導人習近平。(組合圖/翻攝自臉書、資料照)

紐西蘭總理阿爾登本月20日在奧克蘭演講指出,紐國政府代表紐國人民,對於攸關人民利益的議題自當表達立場,並提及台灣參與世界衛生組織等議題,對紐國人民至關重要。

對此,歐江安今日回應指出,「外交部對紐西蘭Ardern總理重申支持台灣參與世界衛生組織表達誠摯謝意,我國至為珍視紐西蘭政府及人民的友誼,台灣與紐西蘭共享民主、自由、人權的普世價值。面對武漢肺炎疫情肆虐,台紐兩國均抗疫有成,相信透過強化台灣與紐西蘭的合作,能夠為國際醫療衛生及全球防疫做出更多貢獻。」

歐江安進一步說明,「本(2020)年上半年台紐雙邊貿易持續成長,顯示台灣與紐西蘭互為可信賴的合作夥伴。未來我方將持續推動雙邊經貿、醫療及文化等領域交流,以進一步深化與紐西蘭的全面友好夥伴關係。」

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我國外交部發言人歐江安。(圖/記者陳政宇攝影)

阿爾登20日在年度中國商務峰會(China Business Summit)上,對400位紐西蘭重要商界人士演講;而我國駐奧克蘭辦事處28日透過臉書分享阿爾登的演講全文。

阿爾登明確提到,「紐西蘭政府代表紐國人民,對於攸關人民利益之議題需要表達立場,而紐西蘭跟中國間有三個歧見:1.港版國安法立法、2.維吾爾族人處境、3.台灣參與WHO。她並強調,這些議題對紐國民眾「至關重要」。

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阿爾登向紐國國人聲明,支持台灣參與世界衛生組織。(圖/總統府提供)

阿爾登​該段演講原文如下:

The New Zealand government takes a stance where, as representatives of the New Zealand people, we think that the public has a direct and resounding interest in the outcome. As you know, this has come to the fore recently around developments like Hong Kong’s new security law, the situation of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang province, and Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organisation.

This is important to who we are as New Zealanders.

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傑辛達·阿爾登[編輯]

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The Rt.Hon Jacinda Ardern
MP
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紐西蘭 第40任紐西蘭總理
現任
就任日期
2017年10月26日
君主伊麗莎白二世
總督帕齊·雷迪
副職溫斯頓·彼特斯
前任比爾·英格利希
紐西蘭國會反對黨領袖
任期
2017年8月1日-2017年10月26日
總理比爾·英格利希
前任安德魯·利特爾
繼任比爾·英格利希
紐西蘭工黨領袖
現任
就任日期
2017年8月1日
副職凱爾文·戴維斯
前任安德魯·利特爾
紐西蘭工黨副領袖
紐西蘭國會反對黨副領袖
任期
2017年3月7日-2017年8月1日
領袖安德魯·利特爾
前任安妮特·金
繼任凱爾文·戴維斯
紐西蘭眾議員
現任
就任日期
2017年3月8日
前任戴維·希勒
選區阿爾伯特山
任期
2008年11月8日-2017年3月8日
繼任霍建強
選區(工黨名單
個人資料
出生傑辛達·凱特·勞雷爾·阿爾登
Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern

1980年7月26日40歲)
 紐西蘭哈密爾頓
政黨紐西蘭工黨
伴侶克拉克·蓋福德(Clarke Gayford
兒女1
父母羅斯·阿爾登(父)
母校懷卡托大學
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傑辛達·凱特·勞雷爾·阿爾登[1](英語:Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern;1980年7月26日),紐西蘭工黨籍女性政治家,生於紐西蘭哈密爾頓,畢業於懷卡托大學。現任紐西蘭總理紐西蘭工黨領袖[2]

阿爾登在大學畢業後即在政界發展,先後在前總理海倫·克拉克和英國前首相東尼·布萊爾的幕僚班子中工作。後於2008年紐西蘭大選起進入國會擔任議員[3]

2017年8月,在前任工黨領袖因支持率有限而辭職後,時任副領袖的阿爾登接任了紐西蘭工黨黨魁。僅僅2個月後,便在大選中成功聯合其它黨派成為議會多數而獲勝組閣,接替任職不到一年的前任比爾·英格利希出任國家總理。 在意識形態方面,阿爾登自認同時是社會民主主義者[4]進步主義者[5]。作爲勞工運動的支持者,她反對紐西蘭國家黨所提倡的高收入者減稅政策[6],並認同一個福利國家應當爲「無法自食其力的人群」提供安全保障[4]。在文化立場上,阿爾登支持同性婚姻、曾於2013年爲《婚姻(婚姻定義)補充法案》投下支持票[7]、並爲墮胎法律的自由化努力[8]

阿爾登是紐西蘭建國以來第三位女性國家總理(第一位是國家黨籍的珍妮·希普利,第二位是同屬工黨的海倫·克拉克)以及第二位通過大選上台執政的女性總理。

阿爾登暫未結婚,其伴侶克拉克·蓋福德是一位電視節目主持人,兩人於阿爾登總理任內生育一女。

投身政治[編輯]

2001年,阿爾登在懷卡托大學畢業後,作爲研究人員供職於時任總理海倫·克拉克的辦公室。她隨後前去英國、擔任了當時英國首相托尼·布萊爾的政策顧問[9],並在2008年被選爲國際社會主義青年聯盟的主席[10]。2008年至2017年,阿爾登開始了長達十年的國會名單比例代表制議員生涯。2017年下半年,安妮特·金辭任紐西蘭工黨副主席,該職位經由黨內一致通過、由阿爾登接替。

2017年8月1日,原工黨黨魁安德魯·利特爾因該黨民意調查支持率創下歷史新低之後宣布辭職,阿爾登則成爲了新的工黨領袖[11]。在阿爾登的領導下,工黨在過去12年來首次在民調中擊敗了曠日持久的對手國家黨。在同年9月23日的普選當中,工黨贏得46議席、相較原本席位淨增長14個名額,緊隨在比爾·英格利希治下贏得56議席的國家黨之後[12]。隨著紐西蘭第一黨領袖溫斯頓·彼特斯宣布將與工黨組成聯合政府,阿爾登在下一屆政府出任紐西蘭總理

總理生涯[編輯]

2017年10月26日,阿爾登正式接替英格利希出任紐西蘭第40任、歷來第三位女性、及自1856年以來最年輕的總理。

2018年9月,她成為首位帶同自己的嬰兒出席聯合國大會的女性領導人,並就氣候變化、性別平等等議題發表談話。[13][14][15]

2019年3月16日,阿爾登在基督城清真寺槍擊案後到訪城內的穆斯林社區

在2019年3月15日發生基督城清真寺槍擊案發生後,阿爾登透過電視講話發表聲明,稱那是國家最黑暗的一日之一,並向死傷者致哀,同時將事件定性為恐怖襲擊[16]翌日她更表示會硏究收緊槍械管制。最終收緊槍械管制的法案中列明禁止所有半自動和軍用槍,並於4月11日獲國會通過、翌日獲總督簽署御准

個人生活[編輯]

阿爾登從小在一個摩門教家庭長大,2005年因支持LGBT同志平權運動而離教,[17]2017年1月,她稱自己是個持不可知論者[17]。2018年2月17日,阿爾登成為第一個參加同志遊行的紐西蘭總理。[18]

她目前的伴侶是電視及廣播節目主持人克拉克·蓋福德。阿爾登成為總理後,他們養的貓槳槳成為「第一家貓」,它甚至有個推持帳號。但2017年11月,槳槳成為第一家貓後沒幾天,發生車禍意外而不幸離世。[19][20][21]

2018年1月19日,阿爾登宣布她懷孕,預產期是2018年6月。阿爾登總理透露,自己和男友蓋福德一直想要有小孩,但曾被醫生告知需要醫療協助才可受孕。2017年10月,就職前兩週,發現自己受孕,非常驚喜。[22]她懷孕的消息掀起了全球媒體熱議,超過800家的新聞及雜誌報導這項消息,電視節目及社群網絡也對她的產假、適任與否熱烈討論,甚至引發「皇家寶寶」(英語:royal baby)熱潮。[23]阿爾登是世界史上,第二位在任內懷孕的民選國家領導人,第一位是已故巴基斯坦總理班娜姬·布托[24]

2018年6月21日,女兒 Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford 在奧克蘭醫院誕生,她也放了六週產假,期間總理職務由她的副手代理。翌年,她與男友訂婚[25]

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Jacinda Ardern

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Ardern in 2018
40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
Assumed office
26 October 2017
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor-GeneralPatsy Reddy
DeputyWinston Peters
Preceded byBill English
17th Leader of the Labour Party
Assumed office
1 August 2017
DeputyKelvin Davis
Preceded byAndrew Little
36th Leader of the Opposition
In office
1 August 2017 – 26 October 2017
DeputyKelvin Davis
Preceded byAndrew Little
Succeeded byBill English
17th Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
1 March 2017 – 1 August 2017
LeaderAndrew Little
Preceded byAnnette King
Succeeded byKelvin Davis
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Mount Albert
Assumed office
8 March 2017
Preceded byDavid Shearer
Majority15,264
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for the Labour Party List
In office
8 November 2008 – 8 March 2017
Preceded byDover Samuels
Succeeded byRaymond Huo
Personal details
Pronunciation/əˈsɪndə ˈɑːrdɜːrn/[1]
Born
Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern

26 July 1980 (age 40)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
Domestic partnerClarke Gayford
Children1
ParentsRoss Ardern
ResidencePremier House, Wellington
Alma materUniversity of Waikato

Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern[2] (/əˈsɪndə ˈɑːrdɜːrn/;[1] born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand and Leader of the Labour Party since 2017. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mount Albert since March 2017, having first been elected to the House of Representatives as a list MP in 2008.[3]

Born in Hamilton, Ardern grew up in Morrinsville and Murupara, where she attended a state school. After graduating from the University of Waikato in 2001, Ardern began her career working as a researcher in the office of Prime Minister Helen Clark. She later worked in London, within the Cabinet Office, and was elected President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.[4][5] Ardern was first elected as an MP in the 2008 general election, when Labour lost power after nine years. She was later elected to represent the Mount Albert electorate in a by-election in February 2017.

Ardern was unanimously elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party on 1 March 2017, following the resignation of Annette King. Just five months later, with an election due, Labour Leader Andrew Little resigned after a historically low opinion polling result for the party, with Ardern elected unopposed as Leader of the Labour Party in his place.[6] She led her party to gain 14 seats at the 2017 general election on 23 September, winning 46 seats to the National Party's 56.[7] After a period of negotiations, New Zealand First chose to enter a minority coalition government with Labour, supported by the Green Party, with Ardern as Prime Minister; she was sworn in by the Governor-General on 26 October 2017.[8] She became the world's youngest female head of government at age 37.[9] Ardern later became the world's second elected head of government to give birth while in office (after Benazir Bhutto) when her daughter was born on 21 June 2018.[10]

Ardern describes herself as a social democrat and a progressive.[11][12] The Labour–NZ First Government has focused particularly on the New Zealand housing crisischild poverty, and social inequality. In March 2019, she led the country through the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings, rapidly introducing strict gun laws in response. She has been praised for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.

Early life and education

Born in Hamilton, New Zealand,[13] Ardern grew up as a Mormon[14][15] in Morrinsville and Murupara, where her father, Ross Ardern, worked as a police officer,[16] and her mother, Laurell Ardern (née Bottomley), worked as a school catering assistant.[17][18] She studied at Morrinsville College,[19] where she was the student representative on the school's Board of Trustees.[20] Whilst still at school she found her first job, working at a local fish-and-chip shop.[21] She then attended the University of Waikato, graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS) in politics and public relations.[22]

Ardern was brought into politics by her aunt, Marie Ardern, a longstanding member of the Labour Party, who recruited the teenaged Ardern to help her with campaigning for New Plymouth MP Harry Duynhoven during his re-election campaign at the 1999 general election.[23]

Ardern joined the Labour Party at the age of 17,[24] and became a senior figure in the Young Labour sector of the party. After graduating from university, she spent time working in the offices of Phil Goff and of Helen Clark as a researcher. After a period of time in New York City, where she volunteered at a soup kitchen[25] and worked on a workers' rights campaign,[26] Ardern moved to London where she became a senior policy adviser in an 80-person policy unit of then-British prime minister Tony Blair.[4] She did not meet Blair in London, but did question him about the invasion of Iraq at an event in New Zealand in 2011.[27] Ardern was also seconded to the Home Office to help with a review of policing in England and Wales.[22]

In early 2008, Ardern was elected as the president of the International Union of Socialist Youth,[5] a role which saw her spend time in several countries, including Jordan, Israel, Algeria and China.[22]

Early political career

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2008–1149thList20Labour
2011–1450thList13Labour
2014–1751stList5Labour
201751stMount AlbertLabour
2017–present52ndMount Albert1Labour

Ahead of the 2008 election, Ardern was ranked 20th on Labour's party list. This was a very high placement for someone who was not already a sitting MP, and virtually assured her of a seat in Parliament. Accordingly, Ardern returned from London to campaign full-time.[28] She also became Labour's candidate for the safe National electorate of Waikato. Ardern was unsuccessful in the electorate vote, but her high placement on Labour's party list allowed her to enter Parliament as a list MP.[29] Upon election, she became the youngest sitting MP in Parliament, succeeding fellow Labour MP Darren Hughes, and remained the youngest MP until the election of Gareth Hughes on 11 February 2010.[30]

Ardern, with Phil Goff and Carol Beaumont, at an anti-mining march on 1 May 2010

Opposition leader Phil Goff promoted Ardern to the front bench, naming her Labour's spokesperson for Youth Affairs and as associate spokesperson for Justice (Youth Affairs).[31]

She made regular appearances on TVNZ's Breakfast programme as part of the "Young Guns" feature, in which she appeared alongside National MP (and future National leader) Simon Bridges.[32]

Ardern contested the seat of Auckland Central for Labour in the 2011 general election, standing against incumbent National MP Nikki Kaye for National and Greens candidate Denise Roche. Despite targeting Green voters to vote strategically for her, she lost to Kaye by 717 votes. However, she returned to Parliament via the party list, on which she was ranked 13th.[33] Ardern maintained an office within the electorate while she was a list MP based in Auckland Central.[34]

After Goff resigned from the Party leadership following his defeat at the 2011 election, Ardern supported David Shearer over David Cunliffe. She was elevated to the fourth-ranking position in the Shadow Cabinet on 19 December 2011, becoming a spokesperson for social development under new leader David Shearer.[31]

Ardern stood again in Auckland Central at the 2014 general election. She again finished second though increased her own vote and reduced Kaye's majority from 717 to 600.[35] Ranked 5th on Labour's list Ardern was still returned to Parliament where she became Shadow spokesperson for Justice, Children, Small Business, and Arts & Culture under new leader Andrew Little.[36]

Mount Albert by-election

Ardern put forward her name for the Labour nomination for the Mount Albert by-election to be held in February 2017[37] following the resignation of David Shearer on 8 December 2016. When nominations for the Labour Party closed on 12 January 2017, Ardern was the only nominee and was selected unopposed. On 21 January, Ardern participated in the 2017 Women's March, a worldwide protest in opposition to Donald Trump, the newly inaugurated president of the United States.[38] She was confirmed as Labour's candidate at a meeting on 22 January.[39][40] Ardern won a landslide victory, gaining 77 per cent of votes cast in the preliminary results.[41][42]

Deputy Leader of the Labour Party

Following her win in the by-election, Ardern was unanimously elected as deputy leader of the Labour Party on 7 March 2017, following the resignation of Annette King who was intending to retire at the next election.[43] Ardern's vacant list seat was taken by Raymond Huo.[44]

Leader of the Opposition

Ardern speaking into a megaphone
Ardern campaigning at the University of Auckland in September 2017

On 1 August 2017, just seven weeks before the 2017 general election, she assumed the position of leader of the Labour Party, and consequently became leader of the Opposition, following the resignation of Andrew Little. Little stood down due to the party's historically low polling.[45] Ardern was unanimously confirmed in an election to choose a new leader at a caucus meeting the same day.[46] At 37, Ardern became the youngest leader of the Labour Party in its history.[14] She is also the second female leader of the party after Helen Clark.[47] According to Ardern, Little had previously approached her on 26 July and said he thought she should take over as Labour leader then as he was of the opinion he couldn't turn things around for the party, although Ardern declined and told him to "stick it out".[48]

At her first press conference after her election as leader, she said that the forthcoming election campaign would be one of "relentless positivity".[24] Immediately following her appointment, the party was inundated with donations by the public, reaching NZ$700 per minute at its peak.[49] Ardern's election was followed by a spate of positive coverage from many sections of the media, including international outlets such as CNN,[50] with commentators referring to a 'Jacinda effect' and 'Jacindamania'.[51][52]

After Ardern's ascension to the leadership, Labour rose dramatically in opinion polls. By late August the party had reached 43 per cent in the Colmar Brunton poll (having been 24 per cent under Little's leadership) as well as managing to overtake National in opinion polls for the first time in over a decade.[48] Detractors noted that her positions were substantially similar to those of Andrew Little, and suggested that Labour's sudden increase in popularity were due to her youth and good looks.[14]

In mid-August 2017, Ardern stated that a Labour government would establish a tax working group to explore the possibility of introducing a capital gains tax but ruled out taxing family homes.[53][54] In response to negative publicity, Ardern abandoned plans to introduce a capital gains tax during the first term of a Labour government.[55][56] Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson later clarified that Labour would not introduce new taxes until after the 2020 election. The policy shift accompanied strident allegations by Minister of Finance Steven Joyce that Labour had a $11.7 billion "hole" in its tax policy.[57][58]

The Labour and Green parties' proposed water and pollution taxes also generated criticism from farmers. On 18 September 2017, the farming lobby group Federated Farmers staged a protest against the taxes in Ardern's hometown of Morrinsville. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters attended the protest to campaign, but was jeered at by the farmers because they suspected he was also in favour of the taxes. During the protest, one farmer displayed a sign calling Ardern a "pretty Communist". This was criticised as misogynistic by former Prime Minister Helen Clark.[59][60]

In the final days of the general election campaign the opinion polls narrowed, with National taking a slight lead.[61]

2017 general election

Preliminary results from the general election indicated that Labour received 35.79 per cent of the vote to National's 46.03 per cent. After special votes were counted, Labour increased its vote share to 36.89 while National dropped back to 44.45. Labour gained 14 seats, increasing its parliamentary representation to 46 seats. This was the best result for the party since losing power in 2008.[62][63] After the election, Ardern and deputy leader Kelvin Davis negotiated with the Greens and New Zealand First parties about forming a coalition, as the rival National Party lacked sufficient seats to govern alone. Under the country's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, New Zealand First held the balance of power and was, therefore, able to choose the party that would lead a coalition government.[64][65]

Prime Minister of New Zealand

Ardern with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy at the swearing-in of the Cabinet on 26 October 2017

On 19 October 2017, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters agreed to form a coalition with Labour,[8] making Ardern the next prime minister.[66][67] This coalition receives confidence and supply from the Green Party.[68] Ardern named Peters as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. She also gave New Zealand First five posts in her government, with Peters and three other ministers serving in Cabinet.[69][70]

On 20 October, Ardern confirmed that she would hold the ministerial portfolios of National Security and IntelligenceArts, Culture and Heritage; and Vulnerable Children; reflecting the shadow positions she held as Leader of the Opposition.[71] However, as of 25 October 2017, her position as Minister for Vulnerable Children had been replaced with the role of Minister for Child Poverty Reduction, while New Zealand First MP Tracey Martin took on the role of Minister for Children.[72] She was officially sworn in by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy on 26 October, alongside her ministry.[73] Upon taking office, Ardern said that her government would be "focused, empathetic and strong".[74]

Ardern is New Zealand's third female prime minister after Jenny Shipley (1997–1999) and Helen Clark (1999–2008).[75][76] She is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders.[77] Entering office aged 37, Ardern is also the youngest individual to become New Zealand's head of government since Edward Stafford, who became premier in 1856.[78]

On 19 January 2018, Ardern announced that she was pregnant, and that Winston Peters would take the role of acting prime minister for six weeks after the birth.[79] Following the birth of a daughter, she took her maternity leave from 21 June to 2 August 2018.[80][81][82]

Domestic affairs

Ardern with Green Party co-leader James Shaw at Victoria University of Wellington, 12 April 2018

Ardern intends to halve child poverty in New Zealand within a decade.[83] In July 2018, Ardern announced the start of her government's flagship Families Package.[84] Among its provisions, the package gradually increased paid parental leave to 26 weeks and paid $60-a-week to low and middle-income families with young children.[85] In 2019, the government began the roll-out of a school lunches programme to assist in reducing child poverty numbers.[86] Other efforts to reduce poverty have included an increase to main welfare benefits,[87] expanding free doctor's visits, providing free menstrual hygiene products in schools[88] and adding to state housing stock.[89]

Economically, Ardern's government has implemented steady increases to the country's minimum wage[90] and introduced the Provincial Growth Fund to invest in rural infrastructure projects.[91]

Ardern's government cancelled the National Party's planned tax cuts, saying instead it would prioritise expenditure on healthcare and education.[92] The first year of post-secondary education was made free from 1 January 2018 and, after industrial action, the government agreed to increase primary teachers' pay by 12.8 (for beginning teachers) and 18.5 per cent (for senior teachers without other responsibilities) by 2021.[93]

Ardern is opposed to criminalising people who use cannabis in New Zealand, and pledged to hold a referendum on the issue.[94] New Zealand will vote on a non-binding referendum to legalise cannabis as part of the next general election, which will be held on 19 September 2020.[95]

On 2 February 2018, Ardern travelled to Waitangi for the annual Waitangi Day commemoration; she stayed in Waitangi for five days, an unprecedented length.[96] Ardern became the first female prime minister to speak from the top marae. Her visit was largely well-received by Māori leaders, with commentators noting a sharp contrast with the acrimonious responses received by several of her predecessors.[96][97]

On 24 August 2018, Ardern removed Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran from Cabinet after she failed to disclose an official meeting. Curran remained a minister outside Cabinet, and Ardern was criticised by the Opposition for not dismissing Curran from her portfolio. On 7 September, Ardern accepted Curran's resignation.[98][99]

Despite the Labour Party campaigning on a capital gains tax for the last three elections, Ardern pledged in April 2019 that the government would not implement a capital gains tax under her leadership.[100][101]

In September 2019, Ardern was criticised for her handling of an allegation of sexual assault against a Labour Party staffer. She said she had been told the allegation did not involve sexual assault or violence before a report about the incident was published in The Spinoff on 9 September.[102] Media questioned her account, with one journalist stating that Ardern's claim was "hard to swallow".[103][104]

Foreign affairs

Ardern with US President Donald Trump, 23 September 2019
(L–R South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, Ardern, and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, at the 14th East Asia Summit in Thailand, 4 November 2019

On 5 November 2017, Ardern made her first official overseas trip to Australia, where she met Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for the first time. Relations between the two countries had been strained in the preceding months because of Australia's treatment of New Zealanders living in the country, and shortly before taking office, Ardern had spoken of the need to rectify this situation, and to develop a better working relationship with the Australian government.[105] Turnbull described the meeting in cordial terms: "we trust each other...The fact we are from different political traditions is irrelevant".[106] Ardern flew to Vietnam on 9 November for her first visit to an APEC summit.[107]

In November 2017, the Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker and Ardern announced that the government would continue participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations despite opposition from the Green Party.[108] On 25 October 2018, New Zealand ratified the revised agreement, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership,[109] which Ardern had described as being better than the original TPP agreement.[110]

In December 2017, Ardern voiced support for the UN resolution criticising US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying that some decisions "that we saw by international actors like the United States recently ... took us backwards, not forwards."[111]

On 20 April 2018, Ardern attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 in London, where she was selected to deliver a toast to the Commonwealth at a state banquet of world leaders. She also had her first private audience with Queen Elizabeth II.[112]

On 5 September, Ardern travelled to Nauru, where she attended the Pacific Islands Forum. Media and political opponents criticised her decision to travel separately from the rest of her contingent so that she could spend more time with her daughter. Critics charged that the additional flight would cost taxpayers up to NZ$100,000.[113] Ardern had earlier rebuffed suggestions that she should not attend the Forum, citing tradition; she would have been the first New Zealand prime minister since 1971 to not attend the Forum outside an election cycle.[114] She was later criticised for not meeting refugees in Nauru.[115]

On 24 September, Ardern became the first female head of government to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting with her infant present.[116][117] Her address to the General Assembly on 27 September praised the United Nations for its multilateralism, expressed support for the world's youth, and called for immediate attention to the effects and causes of climate change, for the equality of women, and for kindness as the basis for action.[118]

In October 2018, Ardern raised the issue of Xinjiang re-education camps and human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in China.[119][120] China has imprisoned more than 1 million Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China's north-western province of Xinjiang in internment camps, where they are held without charge or any terms of release.[120] Ardern has raised concerns over the persecution of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.[121] In November 2018, she met with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and offered any help New Zealand could give to resolve the Rohingya crisis.[122]

On 23 September 2019, at a United Nations summit in New York City, Ardern had her first formal meeting with Donald Trump. She reported that the US President showed "interest" in New Zealand's gun buyback scheme.[123][124]

On 28 February 2020, Ardern criticised Australia's policy of deporting New Zealanders, many of whom had lived in Australia but had not taken up Australian citizenship as "corrosive" and damaging to Australia–New Zealand relations.[125][126][127]

Christchurch mosque shootings

Ardern visits members of the Muslim community at the Phillipstown Community Centre, 16 March 2019. Captured through a glass window, the photo was widely shared at the time and described by The Guardian as "an image of hope".[128][129]

On 15 March 2019, 51 people were fatally shot and 49 injured in two mosques in Christchurch. In a statement broadcast on television, Ardern offered condolences and stated that the shootings had been carried out by suspects with "extremist views" that have no place in New Zealand, or anywhere else in the world.[130] She also described it as a well-planned terrorist attack.[131]

Announcing a period of national mourning, Ardern was the first signatory of a national condolence book that she opened in the capital, Wellington.[132] She also travelled to Christchurch to meet first responders and families of the victims.[133] Ardern received international praise for her response to the shootings,[134][135][136][137] and a photograph of her hugging a member of the Christchurch Muslim community with the word "peace" in English and Arabic was projected onto the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.[138] A 25-metre mural of this photograph was unveiled in May 2019.[139]

In response to the shootings, Ardern announced her government's intention to introduce stronger firearms regulations.[140] She said that the attack had exposed a range of weaknesses in New Zealand's gun law.[141] On 10 April 2019, less than one month after the attack, the New Zealand Parliament passed a law that bans most semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles, parts that convert guns into semiautomatic guns, and higher capacity magazines.[142]

According to Sri Lankan Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings were retaliation for the Christchurch mosque shootings.[143] However this has been questioned by Ardern who stated that the bombings were likely planned before the Christchurch attack.[144]

On 15 May 2019, Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call summit, which aimed to "bring together countries and tech companies in an attempt to bring to an end the ability to use social media to organise and promote terrorism and violent extremism".[145]

Coronavirus pandemic

On 14 March 2020, Ardern announced in response to the coronavirus pandemic in New Zealand that the government would be requiring anyone entering the country from midnight 15 March to isolate themselves for 14 days.[146] She said the new rules will mean New Zealand has the "widest ranging and toughest border restrictions of any country in the world".[147] On 19 March, Ardern stated that New Zealand's borders would be closed to all non-citizens and non-permanent residents, after 11:59 pm on 20 March (NZDT).[148] Ardern announced that New Zealand would move to alert level 4, including a nationwide lockdown, at 11:59 pm on 25 March.[149]

National and international media covered the government response led by Ardern, praising her leadership and swift response to the outbreak in New Zealand.[150][151] The Washington Post's Fifield described her regular use of interviews, press conferences and social media as a "masterclass in crisis communication."[152] Alastair Campbell, a journalist and adviser in Tony Blair's British government, commended Ardern for addressing both the human and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.[153]

In mid-April 2020, two applicants filed a lawsuit at the Auckland High Court against Ardern and several government officials including Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield, claiming that the lockdown imposed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic infringed on their freedoms and was made for "political gain". The lawsuit was dismissed by Justice Mary Peters of the Auckland High Court.[154][155]

On 5 May 2020, Ardern, her Australian counterpart Scott Morrison and several Australian state and territorial leaders agreed that they would collaborate to develop a trans-Tasman COVID-safe travel zone that would allow residents from both countries to travel freely without travel restrictions as part of efforts to ease coronavirus restrictions.[156][157]

Post-lockdown opinion polls showed the Labour Party with nearly 60 per cent support.[158][159] In May 2020, Ardern rated 59.5 per cent as 'preferred prime minister' in a Newshub Reid Research poll—the highest score for any leader in the Reid Research poll's history.[160][161]

Political views

Ardern speaking during the session "Safeguarding Our Planet" at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 22 January 2019

Ardern has described herself as a social democrat,[11] a progressive,[12] a republican[162] and a feminist,[163] citing Helen Clark as a political hero,[11][164] and has described capitalism as a "blatant failure" due to the extent of child poverty and homelessness in New Zealand.[165] She advocates a lower rate of immigration, suggesting a drop of around 20,000–30,000. Calling it an "infrastructure issue", she argues, "there hasn't been enough planning about population growth, we haven't necessarily targeted our skill shortages properly".[166] However, she wants to increase the intake of refugees.[167]

Ardern believes the retention or abolition of Māori electorates should be decided by Māori, stating, "[Māori] have not raised the need for those seats to go, so why would we ask the question?"[168] She supports compulsory teaching of the Māori language in schools.[11]

In September 2017, Ardern said she wanted New Zealand to have a debate on removing the monarch of New Zealand as its head of state.[162]

Ardern has spoken in support of same-sex marriage,[169] and she voted for the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013.[170] In 2018, she became the first New Zealand prime minister to march in a pride parade.[171] Ardern supported liberalising abortion law by removing abortion from the Crimes Act 1961.[172][173] In March 2020, she voted for the Abortion Legislation Act that amends the law to decriminalise abortion.[174][175]

Referring to New Zealand's nuclear-free policy, she described taking action on climate change as "my generation's nuclear-free moment".[176]

Ardern has voiced support for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[111] She has condemned the death of Palestinians during protests at the Gaza border.[177]

Honours

She was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[178] Forbes magazine has placed her in 38th position among the 100 most powerful women in the world in 2019.[179]

She was included in the 2019 Time 100 list[180] and shortlisted for Time's 2019 Person of the Year.[181] The magazine later incorrectly speculated that she might win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize among a listed six candidates, for her handling of the Christchurch mosque shootings.[182]

Personal life

Ardern with her partner, Clarke Gayford (left), at a Waitangi Day event, 2018

Raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand, Ardern left the church in 2005 because, she said, it conflicted with her personal views, in particular her support for gay rights.[183][184] In January 2017, Ardern identified as "agnostic".[183]

Ardern is a second cousin of mayor of Whanganui Hamish McDouall.[185] She is also a distant cousin of former National MP for Taranaki-King Country Shane Ardern.[186] Due to the cousins being in opposing parties, Ardern has previously joked "we don't talk about it".[187] Shane Ardern left Parliament in 2014, three years before she became Prime Minister.

Ardern's partner is television presenter Clarke Gayford.[188][189] The couple first met in 2012 when they were introduced by mutual friend Colin Mathura-Jeffree, a New Zealand television host and model,[190] but they didn't spend time together until Gayford contacted Ardern regarding a controversial Government Communications Security Bureau bill.[188] On 3 May 2019, it was reported that Ardern was engaged to be married to Gayford.[191][192]

Ardern owned a ginger-and-white polydactyl cat named Paddles, which became a celebrity as the 'First Cat' after Ardern took office, even having a Twitter account established in her name. Paddles died in early November 2017 after being hit by a car in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier.[193][194][195]

On 19 January 2018, Ardern announced that she was expecting her first child in June, making her New Zealand's first prime minister to be pregnant in office.[196] Ardern was admitted to Auckland City Hospital[197] on 21 June 2018, and gave birth to a girl at 4:45 pm (04:45 UTC) that day,[198][199] becoming only the second elected head of government to give birth while in office (after Benazir Bhutto in 1990).[10][200] On 24 June, Ardern revealed her daughter's given names as Neve Te Aroha.[201] Neve is an anglicised form of the Irish name Niamh, meaning 'bright'; Aroha is Māori for 'love', and Te Aroha is a mountain in the Kaimai Range, near Ardern's home town of Morrinsville.[202]

She is a supporter of the Chiefs rugby union team, which is based out of her home region of Waikato.[203]


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