Jacinda Ardern 'humbled' by royal honour

Jacinda Ardern 'humbled' by royal honour
Jacinda Ardern on her last day at Parliament. (Image: Getty)
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Jacinda Ardern has been made Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.The former prime minister, who resigned in January, is among 182 recipients named in the King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours list on Monday, but the only one to be made a Dame or Knight Grand Companion.The honour, for services to the state, is the second-highest available after The Order of NZ – for which ordinary membership is limited to 20 living persons at any time.Ardern, who led NZ through five mostly tumultuous years that included the terror...

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