THE former prime minister of New Zealand has likened her experience of politics to that of former Scotland first minister Nicola Sturgeon as both have now left the profession.

Dame Jacinda Ardern, who served as New Zealand’s 40th prime minister and leader of the country’s Labour Party from 2017 to 2023, was speaking at the Glasgow Film Theatre on Friday evening after a screening of a documentary on her life as the nation’s leader.

Titled Prime Minister, the documentary featured how she dealt with the coronavirus pandemic, the Christchurch mosque shooting, and how she balanced leading the nation while just having become a mother.

Jacinda Arden (Image: PA)

The documentary was largely filmed by her husband Clarke Gayford, a broadcaster.

Following the screening, a Q&A session was hos

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