Sometimes a story is best told alongside a beautiful picture, Here's a small selection of some of our favourite 2020 picture books from local creators. My belief in the humanity of New Zealanders has strengthened. Its a fair assumption to suggest that at the time of entering Parliament, an MPs political views and beliefs are set and are the motivation to enter politics in the first place. This deluge of political confessions began with a sadly typically embarrassing exchange in Parliament, which saw an MP from the right-wing National Party, David Bennett, accuse Labour MP Kieran McAnulty of being a communist. Upon being forced to withdraw and apologize for the unparliamentary remark, one of Bennetts fellow National Party MPs instead accused McAnulty of being a socialist., Yes, I am a socialist, and Im proud of it, McAnulty shot back, in a reply that quickly went viral. So for me, that means always having a mind on, yes, the policy work, yes, the domestic work but actually what legacy do you leave through some of those bigger, overarching decisions as well? She is very verbal. That may not always be the case, but for now were making it work., As for being pronounced a game changer for women, Ardern welcomed the idea she might inspire others, but was eager to present a truthful picture. Thats it. The critical thing has been the inclusive approach. I think its just the nature of an event like this. We cannot confront these issues alone, none of us can. Jacinda loved living on the orchard in Murupara and learned to drive a tractor before she could drive a car! They do it mostly because they want to confuse you. Jacinda Ardern's speech at Christchurch memorial - full transcript New Zealand PM addressed a crowd of thousands who had gathered for a memorial service at Hagley Park two weeks after the. And we also ask that the condemnation of violence and terrorism turns now to a collective response. I am a pragmatic idealist, she told me. These stories, they now form part of our collective memories. Did they propose ideas that would stimulate the economy so businesses could thrive thereby creating job opportunities? If you could see the amount of reading that is required in that role. After returning to New Zealand the 28-year-old entered . As-salaam Alaikum. I hadnt thought about it in those terms. Some of you may well know that, some years ago, I was the President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. To be the nation we believe ourselves to be. What would it take to really reverse the Mother of all Budgets and its malignant legacy? Simple words, whispered by the injured from their hospital beds. Discussions surrounding a potential delay in elections gripped many countries around the . I look forward to hearing about the success of socialism in curing child poverty. Those interviews took place in early February, and I followed the prime minister as she commemorated the 1840 signing of New Zealands founding treaty, between the British Crown and the Mori chiefs. We cannot simply sit back and accept that these platforms just exist and that what is said on them is not the responsibility of the place where they are published. They resolved against the flip-flops, and settled on flats. It made similar cuts and restructuring to the university system, moving it further along in its transformation from a public good to a private service. Jacinda loves music and briefly worked as a DJ at an Aucklands Laneway Festival and in some record shops. I am here to stand alongside you We feel grief, we feel injustice, and we feel anger. She said it wearing a headscarf, an expression of solidarity that sprinted around the world. To the global community who have joined us today, who reached out to embrace New Zealand, and our Muslim community, to all of those who have gathered here today, we say thank you. President Joe Biden welcomed socialist New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the White House on Tuesday to discuss economic ties, gun control, and "space exploration" but not, reports indicated, Ardern's decision to use Chinese coronavirus measures to delay the 2020 New Zealand election.. Answer (1 of 14): 1. Branko Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. All the talk of a budget returning Labour to its roots starts to ring hollow when even one of the countrys leading business advocacy groups thinks the government was a mite stingy on helping the poor. With her partner and daughter at the UN in New York last September. These are my notes for the first press conference, she explains. But the answer to them lies in a simple concept that is not bound by domestic borders, that isnt based on ethnicity, power base or even forms of governance. She resigned as prime minister in January 2023. Dozens of buses are parked sideways around the perimeter, forming makeshift ramparts. She would boot me a lot., Ardern began her speech that day by casting back a year, when she had asked all of you to hold all of us, and myself, to account. It does feel as if the passage of time has extended. When I ask her which day last week a particular foreign dignitary spoke to her, she says, Times a bit of a blur for me, with a sardonic laugh. In 2008, Ardern was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth, a role that took her around the world. Armed police are everywhere. Comrades means something. Its very genuine, and people warm to that. Thenprime minister Jim Bolger aimed to arrest New Zealands drift from work to welfare, end what he believed was permanent dependency on the state, and achieve a permanent and substantial reduction in the financial and human cost of welfarism.. After visiting the USA, Jacinda travelled to England where she worked for British Prime Minister Tony Blair before being chosen as the President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. acinda Ardern grew up in the conservative, rural North Island town of Morrinsville. After resources aka your income and wealth has been "redistributed"what happens when some people start accumulating more income and wealth than others? I will forgive lavishly, because this heart doesnt want any more life to be lost, he tells the crowd. E ng mana, e ng reo, e ng rangatira. She had just seen her partner return to his spot in the third row of plastic seating with Neve propped up on his knee, having just had a nappy change in the back seat of a car around the corner. Labour refuses to implement a wealth tax or otherwise raise taxes on the rich, while continually placing more and more of the burden on consumers through regressive consumption taxes. The result was what youd expect: poverty and hunger persistently rose while wealth inequality dramatically widened, with Richardsons beloved government surpluses built predominantly on the back of often poor families. Those interviews took place in early February, and I followed the prime minister as she commemorated the 1840 signing of New Zealands founding treaty, between the British Crown and the Mori chiefs. What words express the grief of a city that has already known so much pain? Its 10, 11 oclock each night, going through cabinet papers. 4. We only had a short amount of time to prepare.. 2. Shes not putting on an act. So I asked if she had something I could borrow, because for me it was just a mark of respect. The Iraq war. To understand the idealogical beliefs of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern we can look back to her time as president of the International Union of Socialist Youth, writes Steve Elers. The other is that shes actually pretty smart. That, very quickly, was clear to me, when I heard that a mosque had been targeted. Those values represent the very best of us. The reality was that I went down into the shed, pulled out my fishing box and took out some hooks, Gayford told me earlier this year. They were simple words, repeated by community leaders who witnessed the loss of their friends and loved ones. 17 April 2021 9:00 AM There she goes, New Zealand's Wonder Woman, striking a model's pose on the cover of yet another women's magazine, Thrive, dedicated to the wellness mantras Ardern herself spouts. And she speaks very quickly. Our new issue on nationalism is out now. I just know we have a lot of work to do to make that universal.. They resolved against the flip-flops, and settled on flats. The prime minister was deep in conversation with her press secretary when she arrived for the formal part of our interview at Waitangi in February. He is an extremist, she told parliament four days later. She was elected uncontested at IUSY's world congress held in the Dominican Republic yesterday. If anything, it shows how firmly New Zealand remains under the thrall of this thirty-year-old document. I found this hard to believe. It felt very deliberate: was it? She is sharp mentally. What would she like to see other nations, other leaders, draw from New Zealands experiences? Read this book, former Member of Parliament Marilyn Waring. The New Zealand "Socialists" Who Govern Like Neoliberals By Branko Marcetic Since releasing its budget substantially boosting welfare last week, leading figures in New Zealand's Labour Party have been painting themselves as socialists overturning the country's neoliberal order. There cannot be a case of all profit, no responsibility., This isnt a New Zealand issue, this is a global one, says Ardern today, carefully choosing her words. Just a few months later it was revealed that the prime minister was pregnant. In the days that have followed the terrorist attack on the 15th of March, we have often found ourselves without words. Win big with the brand-new novel from the International No 1 Bestselling phenomenon and author ofMe Before YouandThe Giver of Stars. A fight was brewing over the possible introduction of a capital gains tax. If anyone out there has a better photo let us know! Appointed as New Zealand's Prime Minister in 2017, Jacinda Ardern has been described as an iron fist in a velvet glove. Progressives are leftists. We are not immune to the viruses of hate, of fear, of other. Towards the end of her Waitangi speech, she had quoted Michael Savage, the venerated Labour statesman who led the party to government for the first time in 1935: We dont claim perfection, but what we do claim is a considerable advance on the past. Its a line that Ardern had rolled out in at least three big recent speeches, and felt, in part, like a plea to dial down the Jacindamania a call to pragmatism. It was a tough choice between being a clown (because they have so much fun) or a scientist (like her big sister Louise), but when she realised her passion for helping others, Jacinda chose politics. In 2007 Ardern was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. And so to each of us as we go from here, we have work to do, but do not leave the job of combatting hate to the government alone. [Applause] Thank you very much. Its just the way I feel about people that talk like machine guns. We never have been. Its decision to stagger the boost means families in need will now be pointlessly deprived of much-needed funds until next year. And is New Zealand Labour returning to its semi-socialist roots? We hear you. The term has been adopted by socialists and communists for party members. I do not use "comrade"disparagingly here, as indeed Ardern herself used the term 15 times in just seven minutes at this public event. (Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images). So, no, I didnt really think about that, either., Later, it was suggested to her that it was an important symbol of solidarity with Muslim women in New Zealand, who felt unsafe. It was naturally what you would do. (So let us gather with love, in peace, for this family, so that they may truly live again, so that we all may truly live again.). Jacinda Ardern, former Young Labour president and political advisor, was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth - a group encompassing socialist, social democratic and Labour Party youth organisations from more than 100 countries, in January 2008.. She is now the Prime Minister of New Zealand, serving since 26 October 2017.. t Waitangi in early February, I had asked Ardern about the international attention she had attracted for being young, for being a new mother. 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