Jacinda Ardern

The idea, and because this was the motivation of the person who undertook this attack... His entire motivation was to other members of our community. Because he wanted to cause a division within... He did. He wanted to create an internal warfare. He saw New Zealand as too inclusive.

too welcoming, and particularly in his mind to Muslim communities. He was not from New Zealand. He chose New Zealand for that reason. And he came to our country with the intention to try and cause division. And in my mind, I simply reflected in the aftermath the sentiment that I saw and I felt from New Zealanders, which was first and foremost an overwhelming sense of grief,

too welcoming, and particularly in his mind to Muslim communities. He was not from New Zealand. He chose New Zealand for that reason. And he came to our country with the intention to try and cause division. And in my mind, I simply reflected in the aftermath the sentiment that I saw and I felt from New Zealanders, which was first and foremost an overwhelming sense of grief,

too welcoming, and particularly in his mind to Muslim communities. He was not from New Zealand. He chose New Zealand for that reason. And he came to our country with the intention to try and cause division. And in my mind, I simply reflected in the aftermath the sentiment that I saw and I felt from New Zealanders, which was first and foremost an overwhelming sense of grief,

anger that someone would come and perpetrate such violence on our Muslim community and an utter rejection of everything he represented I had never felt more privileged to lead than I did during that period because I saw ultimately what New Zealanders did in response to that attack and the response of our Muslim community, which was deeply humbling.

anger that someone would come and perpetrate such violence on our Muslim community and an utter rejection of everything he represented I had never felt more privileged to lead than I did during that period because I saw ultimately what New Zealanders did in response to that attack and the response of our Muslim community, which was deeply humbling.

anger that someone would come and perpetrate such violence on our Muslim community and an utter rejection of everything he represented I had never felt more privileged to lead than I did during that period because I saw ultimately what New Zealanders did in response to that attack and the response of our Muslim community, which was deeply humbling.

So when people, particularly members of the Muslim community from around the world, comment on it, I mostly feel sadness. Shouldn't it be a given that after an experience like that, that you respond with humanity?

So when people, particularly members of the Muslim community from around the world, comment on it, I mostly feel sadness. Shouldn't it be a given that after an experience like that, that you respond with humanity?

So when people, particularly members of the Muslim community from around the world, comment on it, I mostly feel sadness. Shouldn't it be a given that after an experience like that, that you respond with humanity?

And these were, I mean, incredibly challenging moments that only I would have understood exactly, you know, the things the community were grappling with. Had I been there. And I think one of the things, one of the really important things about empathetic leadership is that you just instinctively feel like you need to be on the ground closest and closest proximity to where the crisis has happened.

And these were, I mean, incredibly challenging moments that only I would have understood exactly, you know, the things the community were grappling with. Had I been there. And I think one of the things, one of the really important things about empathetic leadership is that you just instinctively feel like you need to be on the ground closest and closest proximity to where the crisis has happened.

And these were, I mean, incredibly challenging moments that only I would have understood exactly, you know, the things the community were grappling with. Had I been there. And I think one of the things, one of the really important things about empathetic leadership is that you just instinctively feel like you need to be on the ground closest and closest proximity to where the crisis has happened.

I, you know, no one told me I needed to do that. No one counseled me. Often people ask me about that decision. All I remember thinking was, I'm going into the community space. They have just lost an incredible number of their family members and their loved ones. The least I can do is show respect in that moment.

I, you know, no one told me I needed to do that. No one counseled me. Often people ask me about that decision. All I remember thinking was, I'm going into the community space. They have just lost an incredible number of their family members and their loved ones. The least I can do is show respect in that moment.

I, you know, no one told me I needed to do that. No one counseled me. Often people ask me about that decision. All I remember thinking was, I'm going into the community space. They have just lost an incredible number of their family members and their loved ones. The least I can do is show respect in that moment.

And so all I really remember from that moment is I packed from Wellington to get ready to go to Christchurch, was calling a friend and asking if she had a scarf I could use. No one counseled me either way. It just felt like the least I could do in that moment. And then there was that famous photograph of you with the scarf, yes.

And so all I really remember from that moment is I packed from Wellington to get ready to go to Christchurch, was calling a friend and asking if she had a scarf I could use. No one counseled me either way. It just felt like the least I could do in that moment. And then there was that famous photograph of you with the scarf, yes.

And so all I really remember from that moment is I packed from Wellington to get ready to go to Christchurch, was calling a friend and asking if she had a scarf I could use. No one counseled me either way. It just felt like the least I could do in that moment. And then there was that famous photograph of you with the scarf, yes.

And in the book, I talk a little bit about that moment because whilst a lot of the commentary was about me, when I was photographed at that time, I was listening to one of the most humbling experiences, which was a leader in the Muslim community who had just watched members of his congregation been...