'You can lead just like me': New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern delivers farewell speech

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern delivered a farewell speech in parliament on Wednesday, April 5. In an emotional conclusion to her speech, she said, "I cannot determine what will define my time in this place but I do hope that I have 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 an ex-Mormon or not,” she said. “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.” Ardern announced on January 19 that she will not seek re-election and plans to stand down. She said at the Labour party’s annual caucus meeting, "I know what this job takes and I know I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice.” Chris Hipkins was sworn in as her successor in late January. Credit: New Zealand Parliament via Storyful