Jacinda Ardern: The Full Story of an Extraordinary Prime Minster (revised edittion 2023)

In this fully updated and revised edition of the bestselling biography of Jacinda Ardern, Michelle Duff gives a comprehensive overview of Ardern’s life before politics, her swift rise to power – and the extraordinary events she led Aotearoa New Zealand through during her time as Prime Minsiter.


Now with chapters covering the Whakaari/White Island tragedy, New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, Labour’s historic landslide election victory in 2020, and Ardern’s shock resignation amid increasingly polarising public debate – even as her star continued to shine on the global stage.

Has Ardern really been the transformational leader she aspired to be, and what enduring mark might she leave on the political landscape?

This is an engrossing and powerful exploration of one of the most intriguing political stories of our time – telling us as much about one woman’s ascendancy as it does about the country that elected her.

‘Sincere, intent, focused, and always readable. [This] book gets to a truth, and an understanding.’ Steve Braunias, Newsroom

Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Imprint: A&U New Zealand
Publication date: 07/11/2023