The resigning Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern was officially replaced on Wednesday January 25, with the investiture of her successor Chris Hipkins, 44, at a ceremony in Wellington.
Jacinda Ardern, 42, said last week that she did not have
"enough energy"
to continue performing her duties, after five years marked by a deadly volcanic eruption, the worst attack ever in the country and the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19.