Jacinda Ardern

My grandma was a very traditional woman but, at the same time, would want me to have kids.

— Jacinda Ardern

Issues like obesity do, as you well know, have a knock-on effect to diabetes. So we all are better off if we…

— Jacinda Ardern

Even going out to get milk becomes a little bit challenging, just because there is a whole entourage that then travels with…

— Jacinda Ardern

I don't think that the next generation should fear just being who they are rather than confirming to an expectation of what…

— Jacinda Ardern

When you're a bit of an anxious person, and you constantly worry about things, there comes a point where certain jobs are…

— Jacinda Ardern

I have a collection of ukuleles. I meant to graduate to the guitar, but I never did.

— Jacinda Ardern

One of the things I'm so determined to preserve and restore is the fact that you can be the kid who was…

— Jacinda Ardern

I was there when Gordon Brown basically was taking over - so right in the middle of that transition. It was fantastic;…

— Jacinda Ardern

Never feel like you have to tick all of the boxes on everything to be able to feel like you can do…

— Jacinda Ardern

You can't ask other people to believe you and vote for you if you don't back yourself.

— Jacinda Ardern

I definitely try not to get too caught up in putting too much of a gender or age assessment on everything -…

— Jacinda Ardern

I would absolutely classify as being incredibly progressive the fact that I am the third female prime minister.

— Jacinda Ardern

I didn't think I would be prime minister, because I didn't consider it. But that's the power of saying yes, because there…

— Jacinda Ardern

I want to be a good leader, not a good lady leader. I don't want to be known simply as the woman…

— Jacinda Ardern

We aspire to be a government for all New Zealanders and one that will seize the opportunity to build a fairer, better…

— Jacinda Ardern

At a personal level, it's just the day-to-day: I'm a mum that needs to meet all of the responsibilities that come with…

— Jacinda Ardern

The wonderful police officers who spend time with me I don't think appreciate that, but I do still drive. I do still…

— Jacinda Ardern

We're looking to ways to build in the responsibility we have on climate change and the way that we approach, potentially, climate…

— Jacinda Ardern

I am a thinker, and I do muse over things a lot and am constantly assessing whether I am doing enough or…

— Jacinda Ardern

I never, ever grew up as a young woman believing that my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I…

— Jacinda Ardern

The fact I'm the third female Prime Minister, I never grew up believing my gender would stand in the way of doing…

— Jacinda Ardern