Labour's #MeToo moment eats away at Jacinda Ardern's most prized asset - trust | Alison Mau

New Zealand prime minister’s credentials at home and abroad as a new kind of leader all hang on her next move

It’s just shy of a year ago that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stood in the UN General Assembly and spoke in support of the #MeToo movement. There was spontaneous applause from the floor for that small part of a much longer speech – it felt like a significant moment.

Her trip to New York attracted the usual grumbles here at home – those who could not quite get their head around the very idea of a 38-year-old unmarried woman as prime minister carped about her decision to take her three-month-old daughter along – but the result was the blossoming of an international media love affair. Baby Neve’s appearance at the back of the UN chamber was just the icing on the cake.

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