I am not surprised that Ardern has chosen not to live here in Aotearoa. Many of our best and brightest have made the same choice. But what I find really sad is that she is being driven from her homeland by the rank, vile misogyny that passes for everyday discourse among the right. An academic, Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, studied social media comments following Ardern's decision to move to Australia. He reported a surge in rampant, unhinged hateful abuse of Ardern. Even Erica Standford, who is of a similar age, made some snarky, belittling comment. We really a pathetic little country sometimes.

#NZPol
#Ardern

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/588036/former-prime-minister-dame-jacinda-ardern-moving-to-australia

Following the Bondi terrorism attack and in a misjudged attempt to please Zionists, the Adelaide Writers' Festival "disinvited" Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah. Because she's Palestinian.

In the resulting kerfuffle, three board members and the Festival chairperson have resigned, a major sponsor has withdrawn and more than fifty contributors have pulled out of the festival. The latest to cancel is Dame Jacinda Ardern.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-12/future-of-adelaide-writers-week-hangs-in-balance/106219462

#Adelaide #WritersFestival #Ardern

Dame Jacinda Ardern documentary: Prime Minister co-director defends it against criticism

While Prime Minister has received a high score of 94% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, some critics…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #against #ardern #codirector #criticism #Culture #dame #defends #documentary #it #jacinda #minister #morning #NewZealand #NZ #prime #rnzs #sunday
https://www.newsbeep.com/136373/

Covid-19 Royal Commission: Jacinda Ardern, other ministers refuse to appear in public before commission, but will co-operate

Grant Illingworth, KC, chairman of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into th…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #after #appear #ardern #axed #been #before #but #commission #cooperate #covid19 #dame #former #hearings #in #including #jacinda #minister #ministers #NewZealand #NZ #other #prime #Public #refuse #refused #royal #second #to #will #witnesses
https://www.newsbeep.com/57085/

Richard Sivell jailed for death threats against former PM Jacinda Ardern

He was granted bail after his arrest and went on the run for 20 months. At trial, police…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #against #ardern #Death #for #former #jacinda #jailed #NewZealand #NZ #pm #richard #sivell #threats
https://www.newsbeep.com/29533/

Canadians: Replace Ardern with Trudeau and use other Canadian touchstones in place of #nzpol and you have an accurate article for Canada.

Which should speak to what Progressives actually need to do here, and everywhere.

"Ardern’s leadership has often been described as emotionally intelligent, compassionate, and people-centred. But compassion is not liberation. Empathy alone does not redistribute wealth, dismantle police power, or decommodify housing. What Ardern perfected was a mode of governance that couched neoliberalism in progressive language. A style of leadership that appeared anti-fascist, anti-racist, and feminist, while presiding over deepening inequality, mass incarceration of Māori, ongoing colonisation, environmental destruction, and a housing system that serves landlords and property speculators.

Ardern’s “politics of kindness” masked a status quo commitment to capitalism and state power. Her government’s housing policies floundered under the weight of market logic. Despite the crisis of homelessness and unaffordability, the Labour government never seriously considered nationalising housing, implementing rent controls, or seizing vacant properties from land-bankers. Instead, they protected the interests of property investors, many of whom were MPs themselves."

#canpoli #cdnpoli #trudeau #Liberal #Ardern
https://www.anarchistfederation.net/the-cult-of-kindness-the-reality-of-jacinda-arderns-leadership/

Time for another #NZTwits #NZPol #Poll

Do you think #NewZealand would be faring better if Jacinda #Ardern was still PM and Grant #Robertson Finance Minister instead of #Luxon as PM and #Willis as FM?

Jacinda #Ardern war ein respektable und ehrlich Politikerin, wie es sie nur noch sehr selten gibt.
Christopher #Luxon dagegen geht's nicht um das Land oder die Menschen, sondern nur um Macht, Geld und Einfluss. Politiker wie er sind das Hauptproblem der Menscheit.

ICH FORDERE EINEN EIGNUNSTEST FÜR POLITIKER !

In #Neuseeland haben zehntausende Menschen gegen die Politik der Regierung protestiert, die sich nach Ansicht der Maori gegen die indigene Bevölkerung richtet.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/massenproteste-der-maori-gegen-regierung-102.html