New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern has paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
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'She [the Queen] gave everything on behalf of her people' which 'included the people of Aotearoa, New Zealand', Ardern said during a press conference. Ardern said she had learned of the Queen’s death when a 'police officer shone a torch into my room at around 10 to five this morning'.

The PM said she had been reading about the queen’s ill health before going to bed, so 'when that torchlight came into my room I knew immediately what it meant'. Queen Elizabeth had given Ardern – who was the first world leader in recent years to give birth while in office – advice about balancing leadership with raising children, Ardern said. 'I learned much from observing her.'

New Zealand in period of mourning as Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to ‘extraordinary’ Queen ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/09/new-zealand-in-period-of-mourning-as-jacinda-ardern-pays-tribute-to-extraordinary-queen

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