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Jacinda Ardern’s decision to resign as the Prime Minister of New Zealand shocked her country and the world.
She had seemed almost universally beloved. And the young, empathetic and energetic politician was the most world-renowned prime minister New Zealand has ever had.
So what made Ardern unwilling to continue? And does she leave her country with the kind of meaningful change she set out to make?
Today, freelance correspondent Charlotte Graham-McLay, who is writing a book about the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack.
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