Summer off politics: What Jacinda Ardern is doing, reading, and watching for her break – Stuff.co.nz

Stuff has talked to MPs from across Parliament about what they're looking forward to over the summer break. Today, Prime Minister and Labour MP for Mt Albert Jacinda Ardern tells Luke Malpass what shes up to over the holidays.

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sits down in her office with Stuff Political Editor Luke Malpass for an end-of-year interview.

What shes up to during the break

After several months of living in Wellington (the prime minister is usually based in Auckland with her family) she says she plans on doing absolutely nothing but with sun.

The favourite thing to do with her family is simple: Beach time. I expect to be buried by sand.

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What shell be reading and watching

My goal is to get through one book! I try to catch up on the writing of some of our New Zealand authors over the past 12 months. The pile Ive accumulated is quite large.

For Netflix or streaming shows, she nominates The Power of the Dog, a movie about a charismatic rancher, directed by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion.

Favourite podcast

I havent listened to a podcast for a while, but if I did, Id return to Criminal, she says. Criminal is a podcast that its makers say is stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.

Any neglected hobbies you only find the time for over summer?

Simple really: All of them.

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