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Summary.
The daughter of a policeman, Ardern grew up interested in public service but wary about the “blood sport” of New Zealand politics. Eventually, though, she found the courage to run for Parliament, party leadership, and, finally, prime minister. From 2017 to 2023, she led her country’s response to crises including a bovine disease outbreak, a mass shooting, floods, wildfires, and Covid-19. Her new memoir is A Different Kind of Power.