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(TRAFFIC RUMBLING)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)

JACINDA ARDERN:
What are you gonna do
at school today?

NEVE ARDERN GAYFORD:
Oh, I don't know.

JACINDA:
Do you think they'll give you
eclipse glasses?

- NEVE: Oh, yeah. They told me.
- JACINDA: Yeah, right.

- (ENGINE HALTING)
- (TIRES SCREECHING)

Put on your seatbelt.
Keep your hands to yourself.

- NEVE: Okay, bye.
- JACINDA: Okay, bye. Love you.

♪ (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
- (TRAFFIC RUMBLING)

JACINDA: You'll be
our future decision makers,

and leaders,
and it must be quite daunting

looking out at the challenges
that are in front of us.

There's so much change

that we want the world
to be simple again.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JACINDA: And part
of that oversimplification

is that we're much more inclined
to look at one another

in binary ways.

Good, evil.

Bad, right.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

It's meant that we've got
a hyper-partisanship now

that I think
can be really damaging.

It means
we don't work together as much.

It means we don't listen
and engage

in respectful debate
that we need.

And if we are to get back
to doing all of those things,

because we won't solve
the climate crisis unless we do,

we won't solve the conflict
in the Middle East unless we do,

we have to re-humanize
one another again.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

INTERVIEWER: (OVER RECORDER)
Recording identification,

this is an interview
for the Political Diary Project.

It's an interview
with Jacinda Ardern,

who's the deputy leader
of the Labour Party.

It's being recorded
on Monday 28th August, 2017.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

INTERVIEWER: Are you worried?

I mean, how long is it
until the election?

- Two months, let's say.
- JACINDA: (OVER RECORDER) Yeah.

Yep.

- (SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
- ♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- Labour is ready to win in 2017.
- (CROWD CHEERING)

REPORTER 1:
Labour's feeling the pressure

just eight weeks out
from the election.

Two poll results in two days
both have the party

on less than the 25 percent

Labour got
at the last election...

REPORTER 2:
All eyes have now turned

to the party's deputy leader,
Jacinda Ardern.

ANDREW LITTLE:
This is your moment, Jacinda,

step up to the plate,
or watch your party die.

INTERVIEWER:
There's a lot of talk about

you being the next leader
of the Labour Party,

the next female prime minister.

- Do you want to be that person?
- JACINDA: No.

And I absolutely support
Andrew Little

to do that job,
as opposed to me.

- INTERVIEWER:
But everyone says it--
- Yes, but I mean it.

(FAINT CHATTER)

- (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
- (STAFF MEMBER CHUCKLES)

Good morning, everybody.

I've just confirmed
to the Labour caucus

that I will step aside as leader
of the Labour Party.

There's no question
that the poll results

that came out last week
were disturbing,

and very, very disappointing.

- ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (REPORTERS CLAMORING)

REPORTER: Moving at
uncharacteristically high speed,

Labour completely changed
its leadership team this morning

following three disastrous
political polls.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Following Andrew's announcement
this morning,

I was nominated to be leader
of the Labour Party.

This team is about to run
the campaign of our lives.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

JACINDA:
My whole journey in politics

has been a battle
with two sides of myself.

The one that says, "You can't,"

and then the one that says,
"But you have to."

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: I was 14 years old
when someone first used

the term, "imposter syndrome."

And it was
just like something clicked.

Suddenly, I had words
to describe how I'd felt

for every speech competition
I did,

or any challenge
where I just had

a bit of a seed of doubt

and a fear
that something might expose

that I shouldn't be there.

When I stood down there
for that press conference,

I waited for someone
to just stand up,

and say that outright.
"Why you?"

And they did.

I'm happy to take questions.
I'm sure there are many.

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

REPORTER 1:

Yes, I am, Barry,

and my team
would not have selected me

if they didn't
believe that also.

REPORTER 2:

Yes. Would you like to tell me
why you don't think I can?

REPORTER 3:

Oh, look, look, everyone knows
that I've just accepted,

with short notice,
the worst job in politics.

♪ (DARING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: I had been
in opposition for nine years.

I had held
the justice portfolio,

the social development
portfolio.

I'd held corrections,
child protection,

small business, employment.

So, I had some experience
behind me.

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Did I come in with this view
that I needed

to particularly bring
my feminist leadership approach?

No, because I didn't actually
anticipate being a leader.

It was a little bit of a shock
to me seven weeks out

from a general election
in New Zealand.

There was no time
for me to redesign myself

in any particular way.

No one could come to me,
and say,

"Well, we've polled,
and focus-grouped,

and this is how you need
to present yourself

if you're going
to win the election."

- There was none of that.
- (CROWD CHEERING)

JACINDA: That meant
I could only be myself.

I remember distinctly

when I took over
as leader being told,

"Your job is just to save
the furniture."

No one thought it was plausible
that we could win.

- ♪ (THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

SUPPORTER: Let's do this!

JACINDA: Are you with me?

- CROWD: Yeah!
- Let's do this!

(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

JACINDA: We will remain
relentlessly positive

because I do believe
optimism and hope

is at our heart.

It is part of who we are
as New Zealanders.

On election night,
the outcome wasn't clear.

- (CROWD CHEERING)
- REPORTER: National has won
46 percent of the vote,

and a left-leaning coalition
of Labour,

- and the Greens, has 42 percent.
- (REPORTERS CLAMORING)

REPORTER:
Both sides need Winston Peters

to get to a majority.

The anti-immigration populist
holds all the cards

and will decide New Zealand's
next prime minister.

INTERVIEWER:

I do not want to be seen
to have made any compromise

to get into government
that involves immigration.

- INTERVIEWER: No.
I one hundred percent support--
- That's my problem.

I have a real strong view
on this.

(VOICE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER PHONE)

JACINDA: Mm.

Mm.

Of course they wanna put us
in a position to govern.

I think that we're
the best opportunity

to make the change
that New Zealanders need.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

In two and a half hours
possibly,

I'll know whether or not

I've successfully got Labour
into government.

I have waves
of incredible anxiety.

Not about losing,
but about winning.

...and some fine weather.
We've got all the details

coming up,
right now at six o'clock.

♪ (THEME MUSIC
PLAYING OVER TV) ♪

REPORTER: (OVER TV)
Speculation mounting

that Winston Peters
is about to announce

who'll form the next government.

(EXHALES)

WINSTON PETERS: (OVER TV)
We had a choice to make,

whether it was
either with National or Labour,

for a modified status quo,
all for change.

That's why in the end we chose
a coalition government

of New Zealand First

with the New Zealand
Labour Party.

- (GROUP CHEERING)
- ♪ ("YOUNG BLOOD" BY THE NAKED
AND FAMOUS PLAYING) ♪

♪ The bittersweet
Between my teeth ♪

♪ Trying to find
The in-between ♪

- ♪ Fall back
In love eventually ♪
- (GROUP CHEERING)

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! ♪

JACINDA:

- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- ♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

JACINDA:
It would be a bit overwhelming
if I processed it properly

so instead, I just...

do all the things
that need to get done.

CLARKE GAYFORD:

Yep.

CLARKE:

I'm not even 40.

- (CLARKE CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)

You're not gonna force me
to process this this morning.

I don't have time.

CLARKE:

(LAUGHS)

I'm not doing this right now.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Ms. Ardern, you have assured me

that you are able
to form a government

that can command the confidence
of the House of Representatives.

I now ask you to confirm

that you can form
such a government.

Yes, Your Excellency.

DAME PATSY REDDY: In that case,

I will proceed
with your appointment

- as Prime Minister.
- (CHUCKLES)

That gives effect
to your appointment

as Prime Minister.
Congratulations, Ms. Ardern.

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪

Thank you.

(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

♪ (MUSIC TURNS UPLIFTING) ♪

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

JACINDA: Every time
I got on a plane,

I would look out a window,
and I would think,

"Look at that
beautiful landscape.

From that mountain
to that river,

that is my responsibility."

(RAILWAY TRACKS RATTLING)

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA: And I didn't sit
in anything for too long

for that period of time.

And now, I'm writing about it,

and I've got no choice
but to sit in it.

INTERVIEWER: (OVER RECORDER)
Okay, so we're recording now.

This is interview number one,
file one.

JACINDA: Back in 2017,

I got a call
from some archivists

at the Turnbull Library saying,

"We've been interviewing
various people in politics."

INTERVIEWER: (RECORDING)
When you were first asked

whether you'd take part
in this diary project,

what made you say yes?

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

I didn't want him to resign.

INTERVIEWER: (RECORDING)
Think about what you wanna say.

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

You know, as someone
who loves history,

I thought one day
I'm sure I'd really like

to look back on this.

Having those recordings
really take me back to a moment

in a way that I don't imagine
many other things could.

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

JACINDA:
For that first period of time,

I felt the need
to demonstrate that

I was the right person
for the job,

that I just had to prove myself.

♪ (HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: Political cycles
in New Zealand,

they're so short.

I have three years
to do as much as we can,

so there's just no time.

(MOUSE CLICKING)

JACINDA: Climate change
is the greatest challenge

facing this generation.

We had a significant
100-day plan.

Today, we announced

that we will
no longer be granting

any new off-shore oil and gas
exploration permits.

I'm on record as having stated

that child poverty
and child poverty reduction

is one of the reasons
that I was motivated

to get into politics,
and ultimately, into this House.

Putting in renters' rights,

extending paid parental leave,

the first year
of university free,

mental health.

These are going to be
our priorities.

All of that
in a hundred days, and more.

But in the back of my mind,
I thought,

"How am I gonna do this
with a baby?"

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

JACINDA: It's very jarring

turning your pregnancy
into a press statement.

CLARKE:

Um, I think the people
who don't like me

will be a bit harsh. (CHUCKLES)

I'm a bit anxious about it,

but I can't hide it forever,
can I?

- (CLARKE CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Oh, look!

- (LAUGHS)
- (CROWD LAUGHING)

Well, this is--
Well, this is normal.

- (CHUCKLES)
- (CROWD LAUGHS)

JACINDA: Welcome, everyone,

for a somewhat
unusual announcement.

Um, Clarke and I
are really excited to share.

In June, we're looking forward
to welcoming our first child.

REPORTER:

- Clarke? (LAUGHS)
- (CROWD LAUGHING)

Wow! I like the idea

that we're doing
everything in reverse.

We bought a house together,

then we're having a baby,
and we'll see.

- (CROWD LAUGHING)
- (CHUCKLES)

♪ (SINGING TO THE TUNE
OF "ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA") ♪

♪ ...Ardern ♪

REPORTER:
Prime Minister of New Zealand,

and Mr. Clarke Gayford.

JACINDA: Your Majesty,
it is my great honor

to offer a toast
to the Commonwealth.

♪ (CHOIR CONTINUES SINGING) ♪

JACINDA: Our Commonwealth
is uniquely placed to offer

a strong voice
on the global stage

at a time
of change and uncertainty.

RADIO HOST 1: 0800-80,
try to keep those calls
coming through this.

CALLER 1:

RADIO HOST 1:
Jeremy Marcus, hello.

CALLER 2:

RADIO HOST 1: Yes, although
I can't think of any jobs

that women with young children
have not managed to do.

CALLER 2:

- (KIDS CHEERING)
- RADIO HOST 2: 0800-801080
is the number to call.

Clive says,
"I think it's a disgrace.

Her choice to be Prime Minister

should take priority
over motherhood.

And no, you can't do both jobs,
and do both justice."

♪ (SINGING CONCLUDES) ♪

- (CLARKE CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)

- See? "Belly bump biscuits."
- CLARKE: Yeah, well...

(CLARKE CHUCKLES)

CLARKE: (CHUCKLING)

HEALTH CARE ADVISOR:
And as you push and push,

and then
with the next contraction,

and we encourage
the head to come down

to pop the shoulder free
of here.

And the baby will just slip out
very easily,

and up onto you.

Up, and it just comes up here.

CLARKE:
Can you rest things on...

♪ (SERENE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- Oh, yeah.
- CLARKE:
...while you're sitting down?

I've been able to do that
for ages.

(CLARKE LAUGHS)

- (LAUGHS)
- (CLARKE LAUGHS)

CLARKE:

(JACINDA LAUGHS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

- (NEVE CRYING)
- JACINDA: Oh, good.

Oh, good.

(JACINDA SPEAKING SOFTY)

Oh!

(GASPS)

Oh! She's gorgeous.

(WHISPERING)
I figured I had to get her out
so that you could hold her.

- We think we...
- LAURELL ARDERN:

- LAURELL:
- Mm-hmm.

Oh!

- That's...
- JACINDA: That's what mum says
when she's processing.

- "Neve."
- Yeah.

- Yeah, it is.
- Oh!

"Leith"?

JACINDA:

Oh, lovely. Lovely!

♪ (SERENE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

INTERVIEWER: (RECORDING) Mm-hmm.

JACINDA:

- (CHUCKLES)
- INTERVIEWER: Aw.

"Working & Breastfeeding
Made Simple."

But I think anything
that is simple

doesn't require 300...

- 369 pages of explanation.
- (CLARKE LAUGHS)

- (NEVE COOS)
- ♪ (SERENE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA:
I'm determined to breastfeed...

'cause otherwise,
there's no reason

to have her at work.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

JACINDA: Didn't bring
the muffins that the...

- neighbor made for us.
- CLARKE: Ah.

(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

Thank you.

- BYSTANDER: Morning!
- JACINDA AND CLARKE: Morning!

- JACINDA: How are you?
- Good, thank you.

(CHUCKLES)

- Leroy!
- LEROY: Hey!

- JACINDA: How are you?
- I'm very well.

JACINDA: Aw!

- Good, nice to see you.
- (BOTH KISS)

- Welcome back. (CHUCKLES)
- Thanks!

- Say hello to Uncle Chris.
- Oh!

Okay.

- Okay.
- See you guys later.

- Okay, team.
- We missed you.

Thank you, thank you.
I missed you.

- (LAUGHS) I missed you.
- (GROUP LAUGHS)

I did miss you guys.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

STAFF MEMBER: There's confidence
in the housing market

coming off
of international developments.

Yep. (KISSES)

CLARKE: Yep.

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪

(NEVE FUSSES)

CLARKE:

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

SPOKESPERSON: We'd been hearing
a few mean-minded,

mingy individuals
carrying on about

whether she had the right
to have a baby,

and run the country
at the same time.

Wouldn't it be lovely
if somehow...

Jacinda had a cloak
of her own...

to keep her warm...

to protect her back...

to guard her
from the slings and arrows

of outrageous commentators.

Other women saying...

to our gorgeous
prime minister...

"Don't worry. Stand tall.
We have your back."

♪ (MUSIC TURNS PENSIVE,
INTENSIFIES) ♪

- (SIRENS WAILING)
- ♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

(CARS HONKING)

(SIRENS CONTINUE WAILING)

DONALD TRUMP: Today, I stand

before the United Nations
General Assembly

to share the extraordinary
progress we've made.

In less than two years,

my administration
has accomplished more than

almost any administration
in the history of our country.

- America is... So true.
- (ASSEMBLY LAUGHING)

I didn't expect that reaction,
but that's okay.

(ASSEMBLY LAUGHING, APPLAUDING)

TRUMP: America is governed
by Americans.

We reject the ideology
of globalism.

Our position has been
we see ourselves

as members
of an international community.

REPORTER 1:
Doesn't it concern you
that diplomatically

it may cause
a bit of a rift with Washington?

No, I think it's important
that we always maintain

an independent
foreign policy line.

We need to speak
to New Zealand values,

regardless of what
any other world leader

tends to think,
or their position.

REPORTER 1:
Do you like Donald Trump?

Oh, look,
I don't know Donald Trump.

I know the President
of the United States.

And we are united by the fact
that each of our countries

has experienced
some jarring effects

of globalization.

We're just choosing
to respond differently.

Do you like the President
of the United States?

JACINDA: Uh, look,
it's an irrelevant question.

REPORTER 2: No, it's not really.

Popularity aside,
do you like the current US--

JACINDA: It actually is.

I'm here
to represent New Zealand.

This isn't a popularity contest.

(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)

♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

REPORTER 1: You've heard of
Take Your kids to Work Day,

but a world leader
made a statement

when she brought her baby
to the United Nations.

REPORTER 2:
That's right, a baby.

Ardern is
the second world leader

to give birth in office,

and now, the first
to bring her baby to the UN.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- ♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- ANNOUNCER: The Prime Minister
of the Kingdom of Morocco.
- (CROWD APPLAUDING)

ANNOUNCER: The Prime Minister
of New Zealand.

The Prime Minister
of the Kingdom of Norway.

JACINDA: It's clear
that a big focus

for the Secretary-General
is the issue of climate change.

And in that regard,

he acknowledged the role
that New Zealand is playing,

- and will continue to play.
- REPORTER: How's Neve?

Well. Probably more well-rested
than I am.

All right. Thanks, everyone.
Thank you.

REPORTER 1:
It does really feel like

all eyes are on Jacinda Ardern.

She has kind of a celebrity
circuit of sorts here.

REPORTER 2: Big week, of course,
for the Prime Minister.

She's very much in New York.
She's very much going to be

like the new squeezy toy
in the toy shop.

They're all gonna want
to touch her and meet her,

and shake hands,
and, "Oh, where's the baby?"

There's the novelty factor.

Did you ever imagine
that the perfectly normal act

of a woman giving birth

would be so incredibly viral
all over the world,

and everybody just wants
to talk to you about that?

JACINDA: No, no,
but I have to accept that

when it comes to world leaders,
it was rare.

INTERVIEWER: I've been amazed
by some of the incredible sexism

that you've received
from your own media at home

- about this issue.
- JACINDA: Hmm.

INTERVIEWER: Oh,
can a mother be prime minister?

Can a pregnant woman do the job?

Can a new mother
talk about climate

and refugees and trade,

and all the things
that you're talking about?

JACINDA:

- (CRIES)
- Aw!

CLARKE: Aw, don't...

She is just not having it
at the moment.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

CLARKE: Come here.

Then it'll come from a bottle.

(JACINDA SIGHS, MUMBLES)

We're fussy.

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA:

- (SIRENS WAILING)
- JACINDA:

(SHUSHES)

(TRAFFIC RUMBLING, HONKING)

- (BLOW DRYER WHIRRING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

STEPHEN COLBERT: I understand
you were on the floor

of the General Assembly.

You were seated
at the General Assembly

when Donald Trump
gave his address.

JACINDA: I was.

He says that
people weren't laughing at him,

they were laughing with him.

What-- what...

- did you experience...
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

...as someone in the room?

Are you trying to create
a diplomatic incident

- here right now? (LAUGHS)
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

- Maybe I'm gonna
diffuse one right now.
- JACINDA: Yeah. (LAUGHS)

STEPHEN: So, there was
a little laugh,

and then there was
a bigger laugh.

So, there was a little laugh,

and he said,
"I didn't expect that response,"

and then there was
a bigger laugh.

- Then people laughed with him.
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

- Second... The second time.
- On the second one.

The second one,
people were laughing with him.

- JACINDA: Yes. That is true.
- Okay.

- That was
very diplomatically stated.
- This is my testimony.

- Very nice.
- (LAUGHS)

No war between the United states
and New Zealand then?

- No, peace loving nation.
- But the first laugh?

The first laugh?

First laugh was
a spontaneous murmur amongst...

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

- It was spontaneous.
- ...some people.

- Spontaneous among the people,
with each other.
- Yes. But I'm a...

- Amongst themselves.
- Amongst themselves.

- Yes. (CHUCKLES)
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

- And you joined in?
- No, I observed.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING)

(TRAFFIC RUMBLING, HONKING)

JACINDA: I am an incredibly
proud New Zealander.

Much of that pride
has come from being

a strong and active member
of our international community.

- ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- JACINDA: We are not isolated.

Governments do have obligations
to their people and each other,

and our actions
have a global effect.

Mr. Speaker, I cannot pinpoint

when exactly my interest
in politics began,

but I know it began young.

This is my old street.

We moved here
when I was pretty young.

My memories of that place
are vivid.

I knew that a lot of people
had lost their jobs,

but I didn't understand
that it was down

to the privatization
of the forestry industry,

and the complete lack
of central government support.

Even though I was really young,

I remember seeing
what that did to the town,

the social costs
of unemployment.

My passion for social justice
came from what I saw.

My love of politics came
when I realized

that it was the key
to changing what I saw.

Together, we must rebuild
and recommit to multilateralism.

If I could distill it down
into one concept

that we are pursuing
in New Zealand,

it is simple
and it is this, kindness.

In the face of isolationism,
protectionism, racism,

the simple concept

of looking outwardly
and beyond ourselves,

of kindness and collectivism,

might just be as good
a starting point as any.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

(SIRENS WAILING)

REPORTER 1: It's chaos here
in Hagley Park, really.

You can probably hear
the sirens going past me

as ambulances rush
to and from the mosque.

We haven't confirmed
the number of injuries,

but I have spoken to a man,
a witness.

He'd run from the mosque,

climbing a fence
to get to safety.

He told us that he had seen
four women lying on the floor

of the mosque, covered in blood.

REPORTER 2: We are breaking
into normal programming

right now
for some disturbing news

from Christchurch.

There has been
a major shooting incident

with reports of gunmen
firing near mosques

in the center of the city.

REPORTER 3:
There are unconfirmed reports

as many as 27 people are dead,
including children.

There were 500 people
in the mosque

at the time of the shooting.

- (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
- ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

INTERVIEWER: (RECORDING)
This is interview number 14,

file one.

JACINDA: (RECORDING)
All right, um... (SIGHS)

Well, it's a week
since those horrible attacks

in Christchurch.

INTERVIEWER: (RECORDING)
How's it been for you this week?

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

Clearly what has happened here
is an extraordinary

and unprecedented
act of violence.

Many of those who will have been
directly affected

by the shooting
may be migrants to New Zealand.

They may even be refugees here.

They have chosen to make
New Zealand their home,

and it is their home.

They are us.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

JACINDA:
It is with extreme sadness

that I tell you
that as at 7:00 p.m. tonight,

we believe that 40 people
have lost their lives.

It is clear that
this can now only be described

as a terrorist attack.

(SIRENS WAILING)

We are a proud nation
of more than 200 ethnicities,

160 languages,

and amongst that diversity,
we share common values,

and the one that we place
the currency on right now,

and tonight, is our compassion,

and the support
for the community

of those directly affected
by this tragedy.

And secondly, the strongest
possible condemnation

of the ideology
of the people who did this.

You may have chosen us,

but we utterly reject
and condemn you.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

JACINDA:
It was close to 24 hours
since the shooting,

and bodies were still lying
in the mosques.

And that, of course,

was because the police
were doing their jobs.

But for those who were members
of the Muslim community,

their priority
was immediate burial.

And so, people were
understandably distraught

about the delay.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- CIVILIAN 1: Yeah, yeah.

JACINDA: The vast majority
of family members

were at the crisis
response center.

I just remember feeling
the heat of the room.

So many people packed
into one space,

and just the nervous energy,
and the grief.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JACINDA: Huge amounts of grief.

Everyone in there
knew someone who had died.

(CIVILIAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Everyone will have
the opportunity to...

JACINDA: Everyone became quiet.

But then I realized, of course,
I had to say something.

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

JACINDA: There was no one else
to hand the microphone to.

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

Go on, Prime Minister.

- Assalamu alaikum.
- CROWD: Wa'alaikumussalam.

Peace be upon you,
peace be upon all of us.

I'm here today...

to bring with me the grief
of all of New Zealand.

And there is huge grief
in this nation

that we share with you
on your behalf.

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

You want your loved ones back.

And I know that there are
religious considerations

with their burial.

Tell people what you know.

Even if it's hard,
tell people what you know.

And so, I told people
that, yes...

you know,
the names would be released,

and the bodies would be taken,

but they wouldn't be
released quickly.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

(CIVILIAN SOBBING)

JACINDA: When I was told

that he was an Australian
who purposely came in

to target our Muslim community
in some kind of attempt

to create a war amongst people,
or to other them,

I remember feeling
just so angry.

I mean, you're devastated
at what's happened,

but at the same time,
I just felt angry.

But I genuinely questioned
whether or not I was allowed

to kind of show emotion
like that.

My job was to be...

the calm voice,

the voice who shared
the facts, you know?

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

REPORTER 1:
The Prime Minister's response

to the attack left
a lasting impression on Muslims.

REPORTER 2:
She was asked by President Trump

what support
the United States can provide.

Her response,

sympathy and love
for all Muslim communities.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JACINDA: "I personally thank you
who support our community.

I literally cried every time
I watched you on TV,

and gave a speech.

Also, I apologize
that because of our existence,

my appearance,
my coming to your country,

has made your country
become unsafe for everyone."

I still find it quite hard
to comprehend

that you could have...

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

That there could be
so many people who die...

(SNIFFLES)
...and then people thank you.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

It just makes me feel
incredibly sad.

People shouldn't have
to thank you

for a humane response.
That should be your expectation.

And it just says to me
how little I understood

of the experience
of Muslim communities...

that it would be worth
commenting on.

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

♪ ("PEACE TRAIN"
BY CAT STEVENS PLAYING) ♪

CAT STEVENS:
♪ Oh, I've been smiling lately ♪

♪ Dreaming about
The world as one ♪

♪ And I believe it could be ♪

♪ Someday, it's gonna come ♪

♪ 'Cause out
On the edge of darkness ♪

♪ There rides a peace train ♪

♪ Oh, peace train
Take this country ♪

♪ Come take me home again ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been
Smiling lately ♪

♪ Thinkin' about
The good things to come ♪

♪ And I believe it could be ♪

♪ Something good has begun ♪

♪ Oh, peace train
Sounding louder ♪

♪ Glide on the peace train ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh! ♪

♪ Come on, peace train ♪

♪ Peace train, holy roller... ♪

JACINDA: Today,
as the country grieves,

we are seeking answers.

I want to speak specifically
about the firearms used

in this terrorist act.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I'm advised that there were
two semi-automatic weapons,

and two shotguns.

The offender was in possession
of a gun license.

I can tell you
one thing right now,

our gun laws will change.

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: I didn't even know
if I had the numbers.

I've got a government
that requires three parties

to agree on everything
that we do,

and I represent one of them.

But it didn't matter.

I thought,
"I'm just gonna make this work."

JUDITH COLLINS:
You can get 140 rounds

in a magazine.

They're like a round thing,
like a Gatling gun.

That's not okay for New Zealand,
and we will stand against them.

DAVID SEYMOUR:
This bill is not an attempt

to improve public safety.

It is an exercise
in political theater.

If there were suggestions

that we shouldn't be banning
attack rifles,

or military-style
automatic weapons,

I'd like to hear
those arguments.

Regardless of the number
that are in circulation,

our goal is to get as many
as we can out of circulation.

REHANNA ALI: Whatever reasons
might be brought to bear

for not supporting
this legislation

can never outweigh
the 50 reasons

we carry with us today.

♪ (TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA: We are here
just 26 days

after the most devastating
of terrorist attacks

in New Zealand's history.

When I visited the hospitals
and the victims,

none of them
had just one gunshot wound.

In every case,
they spoke of multiple injuries,

multiple debilitating injuries.

I could not fathom

how weapons that could cause
such destruction,

and large-scale death

could have been obtained legally
in this country.

Fifty people died
and they do not have a voice.

We in this House
are their voice.

And today, Mr. Speaker,
we have used that voice wisely.

- ♪ (UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (LAWMAKERS APPLAUDING)

SPEAKER: The ayes are 119,
the noes are one.

(LAWMAKERS APPLAUDING)

JACINDA: Today, I'm announcing
that New Zealand will ban

all military-style
semi-automatic weapons.

We will also ban
all assault rifles.

We will ban
all high-capacity magazines.

REPORTER 1: Folks are truly
stunned this morning

by how quickly
New Zealand is moving

to change its gun laws.

REPORTER 2:
Prime Minister of New Zealand
has announced immediate action

to ban assault weapons.

REPORTER 3:
New Zealanders have turned in

more than 50,000 guns.

The country's buyback program
ended at midnight...

REPORTER 4: Even President Obama

couldn't do that
in the United States

after the massacre of children
at Sandy Hook.

REPORTER 5:
The overnight announcement

getting attention
from both sides

of the gun debate in the U.S.

♪ (UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

JACINDA: It's gonna dance...

and it's gonna make a noise.

♪ (CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKER) ♪

- (JACINDA CHUCKLES)
- (CLARKE LAUGHING)

♪ ("SLEIGH RIDE"
PLAYING OVER SPEAKER)♪

JACINDA: Oopsie!

♪ ("FEVER"
BY ALDOUS HARDING PLAYING) ♪

- (CLARKE WHISTLES)
- JACINDA: Ooh!

- (LAUGHS)
- (CLARKE CHUCKLES)

- It looks good.
- I think it looks good.

- Do you like it?
- Yeah.

INTERVIEWER: Can you tell us
about the proposal?

JACINDA:

♪ ...been so tired
You said, "You bet" ♪

JACINDA: Mr. Speaker,
it's time to change

New Zealand's
outdated abortion laws.

Abortion should not be a crime
in this country.

Please show us
your respect for women.

Show us you recognize
we're capable of deciding

what's right for us.

Give us our dignity back.

The ayes are 68,
the noes are 51.

The ayes have it.

- Unlock the doors.
- (LAWMAKERS CHEER, APPLAUD)

Unlock the doors.

CLERK:
Abortion legislation bill...

♪ ("FEVER" CONTINUES PLAYING) ♪

♪ I still stare at you
In the dark ♪

Hi there,
this is Jacinda speaking.

NEVE: Hi!

CLARKE: Oh! There she goes.
Right behind you.

- Oh!
- Ooh!

(GIGGLES)

CLARKE: (GIGGLES) Whoa.

♪ (SONG FADES) ♪

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(VOLCANO RUMBLING)

REPORTER 1:
Sudden and deadly volcano

erupting on an island
in New Zealand.

REPORTER 2:
Twenty-two people were killed.

The others suffered
severe burns.

JACINDA: It is now clear

that there were two groups
on the island,

those who were able
to be evacuated

and those who were close
to the eruption.

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

- ♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
- (WIND WHISTLING FAINTLY)

JACINDA: I remember
coming into the office

at the beginning of 2020
after a really hard year,

and saying, "I have a new mantra
for the year.

I'm going to be Zen.
It's my goal for this year.

I'm just gonna take everything
in my stride,

everything that comes our way."

And then two months later,
COVID arrived.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(NEVE SQUEALING, LAUGHING)

JACINDA:
Our health professionals

are telling us that, look,
despite the geopolitical issues,

of course, that this
has fundamentally changed

the world, potentially.

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

JACINDA: Take a deep breath.

Like, take a deep breath,
because what--

He just told me that a fight...

there was a brawl
that police were called to,

because a Chinese man
sneezed in Australia.

And what is this gonna do?

It's just horrific.

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

I just feel sorry for myself
listening to that

'cause I just have no idea
what's coming.

Absolutely no idea.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: New Zealand
is in a very unique position

where we only have six cases
at the moment.

Six cases, two probables,
which makes us pretty unique.

But every other country
in the world

has started out like this,
and then it's gone extreme.

So, today, we're basically
gonna close the borders. (SIGHS)

We will have the most stringent
border controls

in the world at that point.

(BABBLING)

JACINDA:
There's different models
going on at the moment.

Boris Johnson
is taking the approach

of the only choice
is to allow this

to sweep through the country
and get it over and done with.

So, he's not altering
any border controls.

He's basically telling people
that they're going to die...

and that he is going
to try and ease

the suffering of people
who have it.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA:

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA:

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

- (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
- JACINDA:

- (EXHALES SHARPLY)
- STAFF MEMBER: You'll be okay?

Yeah.

- (BREATHES DEEPLY)
- CLARKE: Oh, honey.

ADVISOR: I think you'll be asked

why didn't you go two days ago,
and I think that's the answer.

I think the answer
is we will be...

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

JACINDA: No, if they ask me
what powers,

I'll say we're using
the Public Health Act,

I'll be issuing
an epidemic notice,

and we're also moving

in level four to a state
of national emergency.

(EXHALES)

(EXHALES)

- (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
- JACINDA: Good afternoon.

We currently have 102 cases.

If community transmission
takes off in New Zealand,

the number of cases will double
every five days.

If that happens,

our health system
will be inundated

and tens of thousands
of New Zealanders will die.

We have always said
we would act early,

decisively, and go hard.

- ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- JACINDA: Our plan is simple.

We can stop the spread
by staying at home

and reducing contact.

Non-essential businesses
in New Zealand

must now close.

All bars, restaurants,

cafes, playgrounds,

any other place
where the public congregate

must close
their face-to-face function.

Thank you
for all that you're about to do.

Please be strong, be kind,
and unite against COVID-19.

♪ (MUSIC BUILDS) ♪

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

JACINDA: If I was going to lead
through this pandemic,

I needed to understand
that illness

as well as anyone else.

If things went wrong,
it was my job to try and fix it.

- ♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
- CLARKE:

(SCOFFS) See? No pressure.

(NEVE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

There you go.

(NEVE BABBLES)

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: Growing up, my dad,
you know, over summer,

he would, you know,

it was the time
when he would read something

other than the newspaper
every night,

and he would read these books
on Antarctic exploration.

(FILM PROJECTOR RATTLING)

JACINDA: From what they called
"The Heroic Age."

I just loved those stories.

Ernest Shackleton
was an Antarctic explorer

who set off in 1914
to be the first person

to make a land-based crossing
of the Antarctic continent.

But his ship became stuck
in pack ice.

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA:
As a leader, he was so focused

on how he could maintain
collective optimism.

He was really focused
on how the team

would come together.

Instead of achieving his goal,
his entire focus became

saving the lives of those
who were with him.

- ♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
- (EXPLORERS CHATTERING)

(WIND HOWLING FAINTLY)

JACINDA: I had the very best
scientific advice,

the best public health advice,
great ministers.

But...
it still sat squarely on me.

CLARKE:

- Yep.
- (CLARKE CHUCKLES)

Yep.

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: I just need
to focus on the evidence,

and the science,
and the modeling, and...

the right thing to do.

This is sitting between me
and going to sleep now.

- (CLARKE CHUCKLES)
- This and you. Sorry.

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪

Are you fake carrying

- washing around the room?
- Yes, I am.

(BOTH LAUGH)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

- CLARKE: Good luck.
- Okay, see you.

(CLARKE CHUCKLES)

JACINDA:
Today, there are no active cases
in New Zealand.

NEVE:

JOURNALIST:
...your immediate reaction

when you heard there were
no active cases of COVID-19

remaining in New Zealand?

Um, I... I did a little dance.

REPORTER 1:
With no active cases,

crowds can now gather
wherever, whenever.

REPORTER 2: In New Zealand,
the pandemic doesn't exist.

No face masks,
no social restrictions,

no hospitals in crisis.

ANDREW CAMPBELL:

What is it? Why?
What is it I'm doing that...

CAMPBELL:

It's not a moral,
it's a science-based response.

JACINDA: What, life over money?

CAMPBELL:

Yeah.

(APPLAUSE)

JACINDA:

(ALL LAUGH)

Neve, when she sees me
pick this up, says,

- "Bye-bye, see you tomorrow."
- (ALL LAUGH)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

STAFF MEMBER: Hello, Neve.

(JACINDA SIGHING)

INTERVIEWER:

JACINDA: (RECORDING, CHUCKLES)
Um...

(NEVE BABBLING)

JACINDA:

(PERFORMERS HARMONIZING)

(CONTINUE HARMONIZING)

(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

CLARKE: I don't know
if you know what it's like

to try and have
a disagreement with someone

who has just been voted

the world's
most eloquent leader.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, CHEERING)

Please welcome to the stage
my not-quite-wife,

the Prime Minister
of New Zealand, Jacinda.

- (AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)
- ♪ (UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

REPORTER:
There are 17 days to go

in a COVID-19 election.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CROWD CHUCKLING)

Oh, no.

So... (CHUCKLES)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- ♪ (UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA:
Actually, do you know what?

WORKER:

Is it? Oh, thank you.

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

JACINDA:
I remember election night

watching seats coming in for us
that never come in for us.

- Yes!
- ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: And being, you know,
amazed by that.

COMMENTATOR: Wow! Auckland
is her best place to win.

(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

Here we go, guys.

(CLARKE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

Evening, Judith.

(JUDITH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER PHONE)

Thank you.

I really appreciate that,
Judith.

You look after yourself.

Take care. Bye.

Let's summarize that as brief.

"I'm just calling
to congratulate you.

You've done brilliantly.
You've done really well."

CLARKE:

I think that was a concession.

(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

JACINDA: Tonight...

New Zealand has
shown the Labour Party

its greatest support
in at least 50 years.

(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

I didn't expect Saturday.
(CHUCKLES)

Uh, and maybe

that's because we spent
so much time

taking nothing for granted

that I genuinely
took nothing for granted.

I don't want you
to think for a moment

that it was just
because of a pandemic.

It's because of the way
we got us

through a pandemic.

Crises make governments
and they break governments.

And I think we just displayed
what we're made of.

And what we're made of
is compassion, and empathy,

and a real drive
to do things for others.

(CROWD CHEERING)

♪ (MUSIC TURNS UPLIFTING) ♪

INTERVIEWER: (RECORDING)
Probably a good time to ask you

how you're feeling
about the job now.

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

- ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (SIRENS WAILING)

JACINDA:
We knew the rest of the world
was in a horrific winter,

in the middle
of managing COVID.

And here we were,
so lucky, out in the sun.

Just a couple
of days before New Year's

and I'm standing on a stage
at a concert.

There was this euphoria
that you could tell was there

because of what people
had gone through that year.

Just the sheer joy that here
was everyone out together.

I looked out and thought,

"Oh my gosh,

what if one person
in that crowd has COVID?"

Every time I saw
some people's names on my phone,

I thought,
"Oh no, have we got a case?

Have we got a case?"

If I was in a meeting
and a staff member walked out,

I would think,
"We've got a case."

It haunted me.

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

We've had a phone call,
another COVID outbreak.

- I wanna go! (SOBBING)
- No, no, no, darling.

- We're going soon.
- (SOBBING) I wanna go.

JACINDA: We made the decision
to move Auckland

to alert level three

for a period of seven days.

New Zealand will move
to alert level four
from 11:59...

...move to level two at 11:59...

REPORTER 1: She's the darling
of the liberal left

and she likes lockdowns.

REPORTER 2:
Most authoritarian leader

that country has ever had
and no one else comes close.

JACINDA:

♪ (MUSIC TURNS PENSIVE) ♪

I just don't understand
how anyone could assume

that I'm so cavalier
about having a whole city

and over a million people
in lockdown.

Of course,
I think about it all the time.

I have to take sleeping pills

so I don't think
about it all the time.

- (WATER SPLASHING)
- (CUP CLANKS)

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

SIMON BRIDGES: My question
is to the Prime Minister.

Does she accept estimates

that New Zealand's economy
will shrink

by ten percent this year,

while Australia's will fall
by less than five?

JACINDA:
Mr. Speaker, as I've said,

- I've heard the range of...
- BRIDGES:

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

SPEAKER: Order, order.

Simon Bridges yelled
across the House,

"She doesn't do the economy."

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

I wanted to punch him
in the face.

(CLARKE CHUCKLES)

JACINDA:
That member may have the luxury

of sitting on that side
of the House

not bearing the consequences
of a wrong move.

Shouldn't the Prime Minister
make a new decision

every single day
about how she can safely

get more businesses
back to business?

I'd love to see
the member's evidence

that that's not exactly
what we are doing.

We're like a group of children
in the backseat of the car

yelling, "Are we there yet?"

Mr. Speaker,
it's a global pandemic.

(NEVE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

♪ (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Relative to other years,
this has been the worst.

(ALL LAUGH)

GUEST: Yeah.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪ (GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

NEVE:

(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

Hey.

(VOICE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER PHONE)

JACINDA: Yeah.

(VOICE CONTINUES SPEAKING)

JACINDA: Yeah.

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

CLARKE: What a bugger.

Here we are in a country

that has pretty much
suppressed Delta

through our remarkable uptake

and success
of our vaccine program.

And just when you think
you've got a handle on that,

and that life is, sort of,

coming to some semblance
of normal,

along comes another variant.

It's not going to be pretty
as people adjust

and get used
to yet another wave

of this incredibly
unpredictable...

bastard of a... of a virus.

JACINDA:
If it has been four months

since your second dose,

you are due your booster.

Please go to Book My Vaccine...

CLARKE: A whole lot
of anti-vaxxers

have now shown up
at my parents' house

and are protesting
out the front.

We don't have
overbearing security.

And then suddenly
you start to feel a bit unsafe.

JACINDA: Just a reminder again,
of course, we've had...

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(CROWD CHEERING)

PROTEST LEADER:
Shout out, "Freedom!"

CROWD: Freedom!

PROTEST LEADER:
Shout out "Freedom!"

CROWD: Freedom!

CAMPBELL:

And I think...

Yeah.

INTERVIEWER: (RECORDING)
Okay, well, a new year,
another year.

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

JACINDA:

INTERVIEWER: Hmm.

JACINDA:

Mm, it gets bigger. Hmm.

(ENGINES REVVING)

PROTEST LEADER 1:
You're trying to tell us

that our freedom is found
in getting the jab!

Jacinda has created
a New Zealand

that I do not want to live in.

I reject Jacindaland!

PROTEST LEADER 2:
Our forefathers have fought
for this land

and you don't ride
roughshod over it

because some girl in a skirt
is on a power trip!

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: They had fake gallows
on the Forecourt.

Ropes hanging down there.

They had the names
of politicians, family members.

Um, it was, yeah, it was...

It was grim. Really grim.

(CROWD CLAMORING)

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

- (PROTESTERS CHEERING)
- ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(PROTEST LEADER
SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

CLARKE: So, how would you
describe this last week?

If there is like
a subterranean space

that sits beneath hell...

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

That. (CHUCKLES)

(CROWD CLAMORING)

(CLAMOR CONTINUES)

♪ ("YOU'RE THE VOICE"
PLAYING OVER SPEAKER) ♪

Oh God, this version
of John Farnham, the song,

they have played it
so many times.

- CAMPBELL:
(OVER PHONE) Oh no, no, no.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

CAMPBELL: It's an absolute party
down there

by the looks
of what I was just seeing

- on the live.
- Yeah.

Anyway, I'm gonna go home.

I can't do work here
anymore, so...

CAMPBELL: No, no,

that's completely
understandable.

JACINDA: I mean,
their protest signs all say,

"End the mandate
and we'll go home."

I would wager that probably
95 percent of the people

down there are not affected
by the mandate.

They're not nurses
and doctors and teachers.

They're waving American flags
and Canadian flags,

and you can't help feeling
that they've fallen

into someone else's wormhole
and it's not ours.

Yeah.

There was a woman on the news
last night that said

that her husband
had got the booster

and that she was going
to divorce him...

as a result,
and that he would probably die.

So, that's his third dose
of the vaccine,

and he is not dead,

so obviously he is not
going to die. (CHUCKLES)

But that's where--

That's the psychology
down there.

And it's quite hard to know that
that's what you're dealing with,

'cause it's not rational.

♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(CROWD CLAMORING)

JACINDA: We didn't intend
for mandates to be forever,

but the problem is
we couldn't...

We, at that point,
couldn't say when we felt like

we could safely remove them,

but what I wasn't going to do
was arbitrarily remove them

because people were occupying
Parliament's grounds.

Your job is to govern
for everybody.

PROTESTER:

CALLER 1:
Talking about the country
being deeply divided.

It's not deeply divided.
It's not.

There's a one,
two-percent minority

who are making a lot of noise

because they can't get
what they want

and they don't want to do
their bit for society.

CALLER 2:

CALLER 3:

CALLER 4:

(CROW CLAMORING)

CALLER 5:

REPORTER:

Wow.

Hands off our children.
There's... there's no...

There's no vaccine mandates
for children.

And you see
those signs everywhere.

(CROWD CLAMORING)

PROTESTER:

JACINDA: This is an issue...

ACTIVIST:

This is an issue...

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

(CHILD CRYING)

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

PROTESTER: No more Jacinda!

JACINDA: Today, my first event
got hijacked.

Someone found out where I was
and put it on Facebook,

and they just descended.
So, by the time I left,

they had to kind of rush me out.

PROTESTER 1: There's Jacinda.

PROTESTER 2: Look at her hiding
in the back.

Hiding in the fucking back.

PROTESTER 1:
Go, go, go, go, go.

(PROTESTERS LAUGHING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

INTERVIEWER: (RECORDING)
There's been a bit
of media coverage lately

about awful online abuse
of women,

particularly women politicians.

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

(NEVE SPEAKING SOFTLY)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JACINDA: At various points
there would be

different rumors
about me and my family.

Some of them
were really hurtful.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA:
One of the attacks on Clarke

culminated in this hashtag,
"Where is Clarke Gayford?"

And when I'd see it,

I would think, "He's at home
raising our baby girl.

That is where he is."

CARTOON CHARACTER: (OVER TV)
Wow, you're so fancy...

JACINDA:
I made the choice to be there.

My family didn't.
And yet, they paid a price.

CLARKE: I still smell like fish.

It's because I've been
living here.

(CHUCKLES)

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

(DOG BARKING)

JACINDA:

CAMPBELL: (OVER PHONE)

Okay.

CAMPBELL: They didn't know
it was fake or it was real.

- Yeah.
- CAMPBELL: So at this stage...

(CONTINUES SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY)

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(CROWD CLAMORING)

- Aotearoa! Aotearoa!
- ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- (SIRENS WAILING)
- (PROTESTERS PERFORMING HAKA)

♪ (MUSIC TURNS PENSIVE) ♪

REPORTER: (ON VIDEO)
A standoff never seen
before at Parliament.

At dawn,
hundreds of police moved in

on the occupation that stretched

into its fourth week,
and they came prepared.

(PROTESTERS CLAMORING)

PROTESTOR: Fuck you! Fuck you!

- (HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
- (PROTESTERS PERFORMING HAKA)

INTERVIEWER: (OVER PHONE)
Recording identification,

this is interview number 27

with Jacinda Ardern
of the Labour Party

for the Political Diary Project.

I take it you're not
at Parliament

with the police
and the protesters?

JACINDA:

INTERVIEWER: What's it been like
being besieged there

these last few weeks?

Pretty awful.

And just people
are being abused,

coming into the Beehive.

And you just see,
you see all the signs

- and you hear them, you know.
- (NEVE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(WHISPERING) You can have
this piece, darling.

It's that piece here, right?
You can have your own one.

Oh, you want--
You want one? Okay.

So, yeah.
So, no, it hasn't been...

Hasn't-- It hasn't been good.

- ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
- (JACINDA SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

JACINDA:

- (PROTESTERS CLAMORING)
- (ALARMS BLARING)

OFFICER: Just go ahead
and let the people-- Come on.

Keep going.

- (CLAMORING CONTINUES)
- ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

PROTESTER 1:
Where are you, Jacinda?

Your parliament's on fire.

Look at what you've caused just
by lying to your own people!

(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)

PROTESTER 2:
This is Jacinda's world.

JACINDA:
What the fuck did they do?

(ALARMS BLARING IN DISTANCE)

- (HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
- ♪ (SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

CLARKE:

- Anyone?
- STAFF MEMBER:
I'm all good, thank you.

CLARKE:
Jacinda wants a cup of tea.
Grant, do you want a cup of tea?

- GRANT: No, thanks, Clarke.
- JACINDA:

CLARKE: Someone will drink
the cup of tea. Yeah.

(JACINDA BREATHES DEEPLY)

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)

JACINDA: To see the Parliament,
your Parliament, our Parliament,

desecrated in that way

by a small group
of illegal protesters,

made me feel both angry
and deeply sad.

But as I say, it is not
something that will define

New Zealand's response
to this pandemic.

It was an illegal occupation.

They engaged in hostile,
violent, and aggressive behavior

throughout the occupation.

And today, that has culminated
in the desecration

of this Parliament's grounds,

the People's Parliament,
our democracy.

CALLER:

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(NEVE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

(WATER SPLASHING)

- CLARKE: It's dark. Pull me.
- (NEVE MUMBLING)

- (MUMBLING)
- (GRUNTS)

- Is that pretty good?
- NEVE: Yeah.

- Do you wanna try?
- NEVE: No, no, I...

(CHUCKLES)

(WIND RUSTLING)

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA:

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JACINDA:
But I still carry grief...

over it.

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

JACINDA:
For all the thinking I give

to what I would have
done differently,

I would still rather be sitting
in front of the public

and explaining why
perhaps we did too much...

rather than
why we did too little.

Because... the doing too little
was the difference

between people living
and people dying. Mm-hmm.

- (HELICOPTER WHIRRING)
- (WIND HOWLING FAINTLY)

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: How many times
have you set out in life

and thought, "Here's my goal."

Here's the thing
that I'm setting out to achieve.

But then along the way,

achieve something
completely different.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA: After nearly two years
on the ice...

in the most
atrocious conditions...

Shackleton brought
every crew member back alive.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

JACINDA:
I had two goals in COVID.

Save people's lives
and keep everyone together.

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: And I did one.

But I didn't manage
to quite do the other.

JACINDA: (RECORDING)

We did a lot.

We did a lot
on progressive issues,

things that meant a lot to us.

We set ambitious goals
for climate change,

lifted kids out of poverty...

increase the minimum wage

and try to make
people's lives easier.

♪ (CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪

And I worried that people,

in reaction to me
having outstayed my welcome,

that some of the things we did--
and that mattered to me more

than me being in the job--
that some of the things

that we achieved
might be undone.

If we remove me
from the equation,

then perhaps we won't backslide
on those things.

Perhaps those things
that really matter,

they'll stay.

Even if I'm gone.

♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: I need to just bring

the temperature down
a little bit

for the good of politics,
for the good of New Zealand...

for the good of the pendulum
that swings.

- Am I allowed out now?
- NEVE: No, you have to...

JACINDA: It was important to me
that when I made the decision

there actually
was nothing particularly

going on at the time.

(CLARKE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

JACINDA:
COVID and the occupation

was almost a year ago.

(CLARKE MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY)

(HANGERS RATTLING)

What a year to resign.

CLARKE: Which is gonna come
as a shock

to just about everyone?

I... I don't know, I suppose so.

There was no single moment.
It was just...

um, this overwhelming...

feeling that, um...

that if something else happened,
something else that was...

big or difficult,

that I wouldn't have enough
in the tank

to do a good job.

CLARKE: Have you ever thought
about sort of reviewing

your processes
in those instances

where you could have maybe...

shared a bit of that workload?

Did you just try
and tell me to delegate?

(CLARKE LAUGHS)

- In a fairly subtle way, yeah.
- It wasn't subtle.

It was like
a full-blown mansplain.

CLARKE: But do you think
that's been part of the problem?

Not being able
to delegate some of the...

Well, because you really go in
boots and all.

Your own staff members
gave you a stethoscope...

(CHUCKLES)

- ...in response to your...
- Time is not helping you.

CLARKE: No, I mean I know.
But it's serious, though.

No, no,
because those actually...

There's things
about the ongoing job.

It's not that just
if something bad happens,

I don't have enough
to keep going.

It's the cumulative effect
of everything as well.

It's almost the politics...
(CHUCKLES)

...that I find...

yeah, pretty unrelenting.

I just know I'm gonna find
the next year hard.

Mm.

Going from full speed
all of the time to nothing.

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

And so today, I'm announcing

that I will not
be seeking re-election.

And that my term
as Prime Minister

will conclude no later
than the seventh of February.

REPORTER: Walking away
from the most powerful job

in New Zealand politics,

bowing out nine months
before the election.

(INAUDIBLE)

(YELLS, CHUCKLES)

- Cheers!
- Cheers!

- Cheers!
- Cheers! Cheers!

(NEVE MUMBLES INDISTINCTLY)

♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: Mr. Speaker,
when it came time

to pen these words,
my father suggested

that I go back,

and look at the first ones
I shared in this House.

I was 28 years old.

If I'm honest,
I was probably more

than a little shocked
to be here.

A feeling that even
after 15 years,

never quite left me.

Politics has never been
a tick list for me.

It's always been about progress.

Sometimes you can measure it
and sometimes you can't.

To my family,
people knew we were connected

and you copped a lot of flak.

Clarke, not many politicians

have a partner,
that when they say,

"I'm thinking
of leaving politics," reply,

"I think you should stay."

(PARLIAMENT MEMBERS CHUCKLE)

JACINDA:
Thank you for all your patience,

your love, and support.

To my darling girl, Neve.

Gosh, I love how independent
you are already.

(PARLIAMENT MEMBERS CHUCKLE)

JACINDA: Means you won't grow up
being known

as the ex-Prime Minister's
daughter, but rather,

I will happily be known
as Neve's mum.

(PARLIAMENT MEMBERS CHEERING,
APPLAUDING)

JACINDA: Now, I cannot determine
what will define

my time in this place,
but I do hope

I've demonstrated
something else entirely.

That you can be
anxious, sensitive, kind,

and wear your heart
on your sleeve.

You can be a mother or not.

You can be a nerd,
a crier, a hugger.

You can be all of these things.

And not only can you be here,
you can lead...

just like me.

Thank you. You're so kind.
Thank you so much.

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- CLARKE: Job done.
- Job done.

CLARKE: What's next?

CLARKE:
Cup of tea and a lie down.

INTERVIEWER:
Well, it's been what,
almost two weeks since...

(CHUCKLES)
...you shocked the nation.

What made you do that?

JACINDA: (CHUCKLING)

(CHUCKLES)

I got a lift with Clarke down
to the waterfront.

We went for a walk.

And it was, yeah, it was gone.

Just that...

that weight...

uh, that just sits there
all of the time,

that at any moment
you might be called upon

because something might happen,

or just that constant sense
of responsibility.

Uh, it just went straight away.

Mm. It surprised me.

Mm.

You know, since in Wellington

there were some surfers
who were out,

there's this one guy who's got
the back of his van open,

and he just yells,
"Hey, young lovers!"

And... (LAUGHS)

And I thought, "Oh my gosh,
I can't remember

the last time
I was called young."

(NEVE YELLS, MUMBLES)

JACINDA: I didn't feel like
I looked that way anymore.

I felt like I looked
like I carried the weight

of the world on my shoulders.

♪ (“THE AIR THAT I BREATHE”
BY THE HOLLIES PLAYING) ♪

CLARKE:
Oh, that's awesome, Neve!

It is! It's working!

CLARKE: It's working. Just keep
running, Mum. Don't stop.

(CHUCKLES)

Something about the way
he yelled it,

I thought,
"Man, do we look different?"

(CHUCKLES)

(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

JACINDA: I come from the bottom
of the world.

I was lucky enough
to be prime minister

of that beautiful country
for five years.

♪ (SONG CONTINUES) ♪

JACINDA: I unexpectedly
found myself as leader,

and soon after found myself

with a bit
of a surprise pregnancy.

I was and still am
an incredibly normal person,

plagued with imposter syndrome
and self-doubt,

who just happened to find myself
in an extraordinary position.

I am living, breathing,
incredibly flawed proof

that you underestimate
what you are capable of

until you are doing it.

(GUESTS CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

♪ Sometimes ♪

♪ All I need is
The air that I breathe ♪

♪ And to love you ♪

♪ All I need is
The air that I breathe ♪

♪ Yes, to love you... ♪

REPORTER:
She has become a global symbol

of compassion, resilience,

hope, and bold,
and decisive action.

♪ (ELECTRONIC GUITAR PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA:
Kia ora and good evening.

It is my pleasure to be here.

HOST: Tonight, we have
Jacinda with us,

and the United States
has borrowed her

for a long stay,

so we're grateful
to have you here.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

GIRL: Thank you, thank you.

Yes, yes.

JACINDA:
When your own constitution

was adopted,

Benjamin Franklin was asked
what had been created,

and he replied, quote,
"A republic if you can keep it."

If you can keep it.

And the overwhelming challenges
that lay in front of us,

and our constant efforts
to reach into the systems,

the structures, the power,

don't overlook the simple act
right in front of you.

The impact that we each have
as individuals.

KAMALA HARRIS:
The former president had said

that climate change is a hoax.

JACINDA: The disinformation
will only increase.

The pull into the comfort
of our tribes will be magnified.

But we have it within us

to ensure that
that doesn't mean we fracture.

We are at a precipice.

But I'm an optimist at heart.

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(DOG BARKS)

JACINDA:
Shackleton had this saying...

"Optimism is true
moral courage."

You know it's a state
of mind that...

helps to motivate.

That helps you to push through.

♪ (INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

JACINDA: I always got the sense
that we would treat people

who would describe themselves
in that way as if they're naive.

As if they're dreamers.

Optimism is not naivety,
it's hope.

We have war raging,
the ongoing challenge

and threat of climate change...

rapid technological development.

It is hard not to switch
on the news some days

and just think the world
is a dumpster fire.

How do we shine a light
on the humanity

that I know is still there
in amongst everything else?

Mm.

That's what keeps me
going anyway.

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

JACINDA: My life and my world
is very small here

and I like that a lot.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

When we recognized you
from across the street,

I was like, "My goodness."

(FAINT CHATTER)

- JACINDA: Hi.
- (DOOR CLOSING)

- (NEVE YELLS, MUMBLES)
- (JACINDA CHUCKLES)

NEVE: Yay!

JACINDA: Since we've been away,
it's actually just felt quieter.

And I think that's probably
what we needed.

- How's he doing?
- NEVE: Good.

JACINDA: So, this is just
a moment in time.

CLARKE: Hey, Mum.

(KISSES)

(FAINT CHATTER)

JACINDA: But...

yeah, nowhere will ever
be like home.

♪ (“DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER”
BY CROWDED HOUSE PLAYING) ♪

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

♪ There is freedom within
There is freedom without ♪

♪ Try to catch the deluge
In a paper cup ♪

♪ There's a battle ahead
Many battles are lost ♪

♪ But you'll never see the end
Of the road ♪

♪ While you're travelling
With me ♪

♪ Hey, now, hey, now
Don't dream it's over ♪

♪ Hey, now, hey, now
When the world comes in ♪

♪ They come, they come
To build a wall between us ♪

♪ We know, they won't win ♪

♪ Now I'm towing my car
There's a hole in the roof ♪

♪ My possessions
Are causing me suspicion ♪

♪ But there's no proof ♪

♪ In the paper today
Tales of war and of waste ♪

♪ But you turn right over
To the TV page ♪

♪ Hey, now, hey, now
Don't dream it's over ♪

♪ Hey, now, hey, now
When the world comes in ♪

♪ They come, they come
To build a wall between us ♪

♪ We know, they won't win ♪

♪ Hey, now, hey, now ♪

♪ Hey, now, hey, now ♪

♪ Don't let them win ♪

♪ Hey, now, hey, now ♪

♪ Don't let them win ♪

♪ (SONG FADES) ♪

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪