Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been crowned by British King Charles III. elevated to the personal nobility and awarded the title of “Dame Grand Companion”. The order of knighthood is one of the highest honors in the Commonwealth country.
Ardern’s handling of the Christchurch attacks, in which a right-wing extremist from Australia shot 51 Muslims in two mosques in March 2019, was cited as the reason for the award on Monday. It also highlighted their government’s policies during the coronavirus pandemic. The Pacific state had completely closed off the country to foreign visitors and came through the crisis relatively unscathed. Ardern has also succeeded in reducing child poverty in her home country.
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Ardern said she was initially “ambivalent” about accepting the honor. “So many of the things we’ve been through as a nation over the past five years have affected all of us and not just one individual,” stressed Labor politician Ardern, 42, who surprisingly announced her resignation in January. However, this is a nice way to say thank you – “to my family, my colleagues and the people who have supported me”.
After Queen Elizabeth II’s death last year, she said she believed New Zealand would become a republic in her lifetime. However, she took no steps in that direction.
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