Who can forget the authenticity of the moment when New Zealand’s 40th prime minister hugged a traumatised witness to the Christchurch massacre? In that instant, Rt. Hon. Dame Jacinda Ardern became a symbol of a different kind of leadership – empathetic, and genuine.
She describes herself as conscientious, anxious, never confident she was good enough for the job she accepted out of a “grinding sense of responsibility”. Even her resignation in 2023 was surprisingly honest: she just didn’t have “enough in the tank” to fight another election. A conversation about women and power.
A Different Kind of Power
#1 New Zealand bestseller
#1 Amazon bestseller
#2 Audible bestseller
#3 New York Times bestseller
#3 Sunday Times bestseller
#4 Australian bestseller
From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders.
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08 Mar
2026
Sydney, NSW
