Jacinda Ardern gets standing ovation after last speech to New Zealand parliament

Jacinda Ardern makes her final speech to New Zealand’s Parliament (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Jacinda Ardern has used her final speech to New Zealand’s Parliament to describe in emotional terms how she navigated a pandemic and a mass shooting during her tumultuous five-year tenure as prime minister.

She also told humorous anecdotes like how a European leader so admired the striking hair of her chief-of-staff that he fluffed it like a hairdresser — which she joked had helped secure a free-trade deal — and how her mother once sent her a uplifting message: “Remember, even Jesus had people who didn’t like him.”