Jacinda Ardern’s tenure as New Zealand’s Prime Minister (2017–23) was lauded globally as a masterclass in empathetic leadership, her image burnished by deft handling of crises like the Christchurch mosque shootings and the early stages of Covid.
The world swooned over her ‘kindness’ and ‘authenticity’, with fawning media elevating her to near-mythic status.
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