Overview

• 'A Different Kind of Power' is scheduled for global release on June 3, providing Ardern’s first comprehensive reflection on her tenure as New Zealand’s prime minister.
• It recounts her private 20-minute April 2018 meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, where she was seven months pregnant.
• In the memoir, Ardern quotes the late monarch advising her to 'just get on with it' when balancing motherhood with public duties.
• The book notes Ardern’s dual role as a mother and leader after becoming the second elected head of government to give birth in office in June 2018, detailing her responses to crises from the Christchurch terror attack aftermath to stringent COVID-19 measures.
• Despite advocating for New Zealand to become a republic, Ardern accepted a damehood from Prince William in October 2024, underscoring her nuanced ties to the British monarchy.