“The fact I'm the third female Prime Minister, I never grew up believin...” — Jacinda Ardern Quote

“The fact I'm the third female Prime Minister, I never grew up believing my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.”

“I didn't think I would be prime minister, because I didn't consider it. But that's the power of saying yes, because there will be a moment when someone asks you to do something beyond your comfort zone. I am not unique.”

“We know we've got a problem attracting to certain areas because of the cost of living, so we're thinking about things from how do we ensure key workers have accessible and affordable housing; also, how do we attract people into teaching as well.”

“As soon as I came in as leader, we had seven weeks to an election, so we had to be entirely focused on the job we had in front of us.”

“It becomes tricky if you ever try to partition off what might be seen as sexist criticism. To be honest, I just don't engage. The best way I can rebel against those notions is being competent, good at my job.”

“Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.”

“My personal style is a mixture of, like, girly, throwback, like retro '50s pin-ups, floral, like hippies, like anything feminine, and like flirty.”

“When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I'm not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won't be disappointed in me.”

“Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.”

“No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.”

“Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.”