Jacinda Ardern on Empathy, World Leaders Today, and Her Intimate New Documentary

Jacinda Ardern on Empathy, World Leaders Today, and Her Intimate New Documentary

Jacinda Ardern, who was plucked from obscurity, even within New Zealand, to lead her country when she was 37, resigned in exhaustion just over five years later in early 2023. It’s not entirely surprising she was worn out. She came to global prominence for her sympathetic and effective response to a mass shooting in Christchurch in 2019, after which she had to deal with a volcanic eruption that killed 22 people, and then a global pandemic, during…