Category Archives: Jacinda Ardern

Christchurch Call: details emerge of Ardern’s plan to tackle online extremism

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New Zealand PM will reportedly urge nations to enforce laws banning extremist material and set rules for reporting on terrorism

Details have emerged of a plan by New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern and French president Emmanuel Macron to eliminate terrorist and violent content online.

Ardern and Macron will meet in Paris this week on the sidelines of a meeting of digital ministers from the Group of 7 nations to discuss the plan – named the “Christchurch Call” – and urge other leaders to sign up.

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‘Clarinda or Jarke?’: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford engaged

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Ardern, who has been with the TV presenter for five years, was spotted wearing a diamond ring on Friday

New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is engaged to her long-term partner Clarke Gayford, a spokesperson for the prime minister has confirmed.

It emerged that the couple had got engaged over the Easter weekend in Hawke’s Bay after Ardern was spotted wearing a diamond ring at an event at the Pike River mine on Friday.

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Prince William receives traditional Māori greeting in New Zealand

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Duke of Cambridge and Jacinda Ardern press noses as part of hongi during visit to honour those affected by the Christchurch attacks

Prince William has joined Jacinda Ardern at Anzac commemorations in New Zealand in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks.

The pair shared an intimate hongi [Māori nose press] and espoused the values of freedom, democracy, and peace where they attended a service in Auckland before travelling to Christchurch to meet with survivors.

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Jacinda Ardern and Red Cross lock horns over publication of nurse’s kidnap in Syria

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New Zealand prime minister unhappy that details of Lousia Akavi’s abduction were made public by the aid agency

The revelation that a New Zealand nurse has been detained in Syria for five years has prompted tensions between the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the New Zealand government, with the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, criticising the aid agency for releasing details of the woman’s abduction.

On Monday the New York Times, in conjunction with the ICRC, revealed that New Zealander Louisa Akavi, 63, had been abducted along with two Syrian colleagues on 13 October 2013.

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Jacinda Ardern: ‘Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. It’s intuitive’

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In the wake of New Zealand’s worst terror attack, the prime minister talks frankly about the aftermath, global scrutiny and how a nation heals

“I’ll show you something,” says Jacinda Ardern. We are sitting on sofas in her office on the ninth floor of the Beehive, the circular building that houses the New Zealand government in Wellington. It is just 10 days since a terrorist attack in Christchurch took the lives of 50 people at prayer. Outside, the flags are at half-mast. Two police officers stand by the glass doors, cradling semi-automatic weapons. Up on the ninth floor, the early morning sun scythes in through panoramic windows, the harbour just visible in the distance. In the reception area, a staffer’s preschooler son buzzes back and forth on a bike.

I have been asking Ardern about her immediate response to the attack, which from the outset put a clear emphasis on inclusivity and solidarity. Succinctly, steelily, the prime minister framed what had happened in her own terms. It felt very deliberate: was it?

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Christchurch memorial: standing ovation for Ardern at New Zealand service

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Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison among estimated 20,000 attending national remembrance service near site of attacks

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was greeted with a standing ovation as she took the stage to address a crowd of thousands gathered at Hagley Park for a nationwide remembrance service in honour of 50 people killed in the country’s worst terrorist attack.

Related: With respect: how Jacinda Ardern showed the world what a leader should be

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New Zealand shooting: Jacinda Ardern announces royal commission into attack

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Prime minister says the country’s highest form of investigation is appropriate for ‘matters of the gravest public importance’

New Zealand’s prime minister has announced a top-level inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the massacre of 50 people in two Christchurch mosques.

Jacinda Ardern said the country’s highest form of investigation, a royal commission of inquiry, was appropriate for “matters of the gravest public importance”.

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Christchurch mosque attacks: burials begin as Ardern urges students to reject hate

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New Zealand prime minister returns to city where 50 were killed as foreign minister heads to Turkey

Burials for the 50 people killed the New Zealand terrorist attack have begun in Christchurch as the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, returned to the city to pay her respects and comfort those affected by the killings.

On Wednesday, father and son Khaled and Hamza Mustafa, who arrived in New Zealand as refugees from Syria, were the first victims to be buried. The prime minister told reporters: “I cannot tell you how gutting it is to know that a family came here for safety and for refuge, and they should have been safe here.”

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Christchurch pupils perform haka for Jacinda Ardern – video

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New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has returned to Christchurch for her second visit since Friday's massacre in which 50 people were killed. First stop on her schedule was the Cashmere high school, to talk to staff and pupils about the attack, in which two students and a former student were killed. On arrival at the school, Ardern was greeted with a traditional haka ceremonial dance performed by students and teachers


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First burials today as Ardern visits Christchurch victims – as it happened

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The prime minister has spoken at Cashmere high school, which lost two students and a former student in Friday’s massacre

We’re going to wrap up the blog. Thank you for following along. Here’s what has happened today:

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Jacinda Ardern: do not give Christchurch suspect ‘notoriety’ – video

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New Zealand's prime minister has said she will never speak the name of the Christchurch attack suspect, and urged the public to remember the victims’ names instead. Addressing parliament for the first time since Friday’s attack, Jacinda Ardern said the accused would face 'the full force of the law'

• Ardern says she will never speak name of Christchurch suspect

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New Zealand shooting: Ardern says she will never speak suspect’s name

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Prime minister says she will do everything she can to avoid attracting attention to Christchurch attack accused

Jacinda Ardern has vowed never to speak the name of the alleged Christchurch gunman, promising to do everything in her power to avoid creating notoriety around the attack in which 50 people have died.

Asked if she would like the trial to occur behind closed doors, New Zealand’s prime minister said that was not her decision to make. “One thing I can assure you – you won’t hear me speak his name,” she said.

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49 shot dead in attack on two Christchurch mosques

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Forty-nine people have been shot dead and 48 injured in attacks targeting Muslims at two mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch, in the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s history.

The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, described the atrocity as a terrorist attack and said Friday had been “one of New Zealand’s darkest days”. Police commissioner Mike Bush said explosive devices in a car had been defused and urged all mosques across the country to close their doors for the time being.

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Jacinda Ardern says Christchurch mosque shootings were terrorist attack – video

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New Zealand's prime minister has issued 'the strongest possible condemnation of the ideology of the people who did this' after mass shootings at two mosques. The country's terrorism threat level has been raised and flights in and out of Christchurch were cancelled as intelligence agencies worked to secure the city

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Jacinda Ardern condemns Christchurch mosque shootings – video

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The New Zealand prime minister has responded to the shootings at mosques in Christchurch that have left many people dead. Jacinda Ardern said it was 'one of New Zealand’s darkest days' and many of the victims had chosen to make New Zealand their home. 'They are us,' she said. 'The person who has perpetuated this violence against us is not ... There is no place in New Zealand for such acts of extreme and unprecedented violence.'

• Christchurch shooting: multiple fatalities after mass shooting at two mosques
• New Zealand shooting: what we know so far


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