Is Jacinda Ardern the world's most effective leader?

Welcome toGood Weekend Talks, a weekly chance for our audience to luxuriate in a long-form story from the magazine,read by an actor and followed by a discussion with the writer,an editor,and an expert.

In this episode,actor Sarah Bishop will bring to lifeGood Weekend senior writer Amanda Hooton's cover story from March 2018 –"'Not a good weekend,darling':the challenges for NZ's PM Jacinda Ardern"– which profiles the young,charismatic world leader just after she was elected New Zealand's PM.

Amanda will then be joined in conversation byGood Weekend editor Katrina Strickland and political editor Peter Hartcher for a conversation on Arden's handling of the COVID-19 crisis,how she compares to other world leaders,and some of her domestic shortcomings.

Katrina Strickland is editor of Good Weekend magazine.

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