A different kind of power - Dame Jacinda Ardern

A different kind of power - Dame Jacinda Ardern

Published by: Penguin, Penguin Random House

Winner of: BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD GENERAL NON-FICTION

The Best First Book Award is sponsored by Mātātuhi Foundation.

Good political memoirs and biographies are rare in New Zealand, but former prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s first book, A Different Kind of Power, is exceptional. A singular figure with both national and global appeal, her time in office was marked by several catastrophic events, including the country’s worst terror attack, the deadly White Island eruption, and the defining pandemic. Ardern’s thoughtful and rewarding account sheds important light on those years, and on a Kiwi childhood that somehow inadvertently prepared her for the rigours of leadership.

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