Former PM Jacinda Ardern receives New Zealand’s second-highest honour

Former PM Jacinda Ardern receives New Zealand’s second-highest honour

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Category : Awards Published on: June 10 2023

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  • Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern received one of New Zealand’s highest honours for her service leading the country through a mass shooting and coronavirus pandemic. 
  • Ardern received the ‘Dame Grand Companionship’, New Zealand's second-highest honour, as part of the King Charles Birthday Honours.
  • In New Zealand, royal honorees are typically chosen twice a year by the Prime Minister and signed off by Charles, the British king who is also recognised as New Zealand’s king.
  • Ardern was just 37 when she became prime minister in 2017.
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