Jacinda Ardern announces resignation

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GDP growth of New Zealand does not look particularily badly, in particular, it is significantly higher than Australian (3.7% vs 2.2%). 7.5% inflation rate is very close to Australian (7.3%) and between USA and Eurozone.
Generally, amid the worldwide decline, New Zealand seems to be doing just like the rest of developed countries.
From what I gathered, she does not resign amid any scandals, she just does not want to run the country for another term.
Any New Zealander to post their opinion from inside?

I'm yet to hear about a politician who has not angered someone.

Anyway, as they say - let her go.

She governed during an extremely difficult time and did relatively well compared to many other countries. It probably took decades off her life expectancy, so I rather respect that she isn't so power hungry to insist on holding on.

Sorry to hear she offended, though. Those are details that hadn't come into my path.

Long run, politicians are human beings. There are no perfect ones.

if our leaders were more like her, things would be more humane here.

Jacinda Ardern's time as prime minister of New Zealand will probably be remembered by her responses to major crises and her empathic leadership, as well as lacklustre progress on domestic issues.

She gained a surprising amount of global recognition with her responses to the Christchurch massacre and the Covid-19 pandemic. But closer to home, her government's lack of progress with housing shortages, poverty, and light rail in Auckland, along with her government's controversial plans to centralise water management, earned her considerable domestic criticism.

It's possible that it all took a toll and she'd simply had enough. The announcement of her impending resignation has come as a shock to a lot of Kiwis. However, the timing of her announcement seems questionable. It's an election year in New Zealand, and now that the pandemic has largely subsided so has support for Ardern and her governing Labour party, which is currently polling behind the main opposition National party.

Ardern was still leading as preferred prime minister in national polls. But the gap between her and opposition leader Christopher Luxon has narrowed considerably. Perhaps Ardern felt that she couldn't lead the Labour party to victory again. She may have bailed on a sinking ship, or tried to revive the party's chances with a new leader, or she may have been urged to resign – who knows.

What I'm interested in is who'll replace Ardern as Labour leader and prime minister. The obvious candidate, Deputy PM Grant Robertson, has already confirmed that he won't be running for the top job. My early prediction for the job would be Education minister and former Covid-19 Response minister Chris Hipkins. We should know who it is by 7 February, if not sooner.

Whoever becomes the new prime minister of New Zealand, I hope they can continue the same kind of compassionate leadership that Ardern showed ... but perhaps with more effectiveness on domestic issues.

If her "compassionate leadership" was genuine, she might have simply burned out.
Joining compassion with responsibility while handling conflicting demands and inevitable criticism takes a toll on one's emotions.

So, did she do anything deserving of substantial critique or is this just gloating from our favourite totally not partisan?

She seemed pretty okay to me.

She was rather strict in the COVID sense, as I recall.