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Nicola Sturgeon has said she is hoping to have some more fun in life as she prepares to step down as both SNP leader and Scottish First Minister.Ms Sturgeon said it was only now at the age of almost 53, standing down from a lifetime in frontline politics that she was able to do this.Her comments came as she enters her final week as Scotland's First Minister a job she has had for more than eight years.

Nicola Sturgeon said she has never doubted her decision to step down as SNP leader and Scottish First Minister despite conceding that her decision to go had put her party in a very difficult position.The outgoing First Minister spoke out after a dramatic weekend saw first the SNP's media chief Murray Foote quit, followed by Ms Sturgeon's husband, Peter Murrell, who stepped down as chief executive on Saturday.

Jacinda Ardern made her final public appearance as New Zealand's prime minister Tuesday, saying the thing she would miss most was the people, because they had been the joy of the job.Ardern, who has been a global icon of the left, shocked the nation Thursday when she said she was resigning as leader after more than five years because she had nothing left in the tank.

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau.Sign up to get it by email.This week's issue is written by Natasha Frost, a reporter with the Australia bureau.When Jacinda Ardern announced this week that she would be resigning as prime minister of New Zealand no later than Feb. 7, she urged pundits and voters not to look for hidden agendas or secret motives behind her decision.

Chris Hipkins was confirmed Sunday as New Zealand's next prime minister and he chose Carmel Sepuloni as his deputy, marking the first time a person with Pacific Island heritage has risen to that rank.Hipkins got the unanimous support of lawmakers from his Labour Party after he was the only candidate to enter the contest to replace Jacinda Ardern, who shocked the nation Thursday when she announced she was resigning after more than five years as leader.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on Wednesday said he was axing or delaying many of his government's more contentious policy plans as he looked to refocus on priorities like the rising cost of living.

Chris Hipkins was sworn in Wednesday as New Zealand's 41st prime minister, following the unexpected resignation last week of Jacinda Ardern.Hipkins, 44, has promised a back-to-basics approach focusing on the economy and what he described as the pandemic of inflation.He will have less than nine months before contesting a tough general election, with opinion polls indicating his Labour Party is trailing its conservative opposition.

Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's prime minister, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walked out of a UN Security Council meeting where the US and its allies were criticizing President Vladimir Putin's government over the invasion of Ukraine, in a stark demonstration of the divisions opened up by the war.

After Tuesday's announcement from Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's longest-serving first minister, that she will resign, five people from across Scotland share their reaction and what they think her legacy will be.Duncan Adamson I am sorry to see her leave.While I might not have agreed with everything she did, I think her relentless push to reduce inequality, improve the NHS, and expand the rights of women and transgender individuals was laudable.

Jacinda Ardern has no gas left in the tank to continue as the prime minister of New Zealand.Her resignation speech was the sort of rare and dignified moment that we have come to expect from her, as a woman who presented the world with the kind of leadership that uniquely leant on her emotional intelligence.

Rishi Sunak has congratulated New Zealand's new premier Chris Hipkins and pledged UK assistance to the cyclone-battered country.The Prime Minister spoke to Mr Hipkins, who took office following the unexpected resignation of Jacinda Ardern, on Monday evening, Downing Street said.Mr Sunak told his counterpart that the UK stood by to support New Zealand in any way possible as Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc, causing power cuts, flooding and evacuations.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the contest Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern.Hipkins, 44, must still get an endorsement Sunday from his Labour Party colleagues in Parliament but that is just a formality now.