Watch: New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern gets standing ovation by lawmakers after her farewell speech

Name: Watch: New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern gets standing ovation by lawmakers after her farewell speech
Uploaded: 05 Apr 2023, 11:49:35 PM
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Channel: TIMESOFINDIA.COM

12 views | Apr 05, 2023, 11:49:35 PM | AP

In her final speech to New Zealand's Parliament on Wednesday, Jacinda Ardern described in emotional terms how she'd navigated a pandemic and a mass-shooting during her tumultuous five-year tenure as prime minister. She also told humorous anecdotes like how a European leader so admired the striking hair of Ardern's chief-of-staff that he fluffed it like a hairdresser — which she joked had helped secure a free-trade deal — and how her mother once sent her an uplifting, if somewhat grandiose, message: “Remember, even Jesus had people who didn’t like him.” When Ardern finished speaking after about 35 minutes, she was greeted with a standing ovation by lawmakers from across the political spectrum and rousing renditions of several Indigenous Māori songs.