‘No more in the tank’ – Jacinda Ardern to resign as prime minister of New Zealand as Varadkar pays tribute

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Lucy Craymer

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made a shock announcement she had "no more in the tank" to continue leading the country and would step down no later than early February and not seek re-election.

Ardern, holding back tears, said that it had been a tough five and a half years as prime minister and that she was only human and needed to step aside.