Jacinda Ardern's first term as New Zealand's prime minister – in pictures

Jacinda Ardern has secured a second term as leader after a resounding victory in the country's general election. The Labour leader had led a coalition government since October 2017, ending nearly a decade of National rule. During her first term Ardern had to deal with responses to the Christchurch terrorist atrocity, the Whakaari volcano eruption and the Covid-19 pandemic. She gave birth to her first child, Neve, in June 2018

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