New Labour leader Jacinda Ardern put in an assured performance in her first press conference today. Here are some of her best one-liners:
• "I'm youth-adjacent. Not quite young myself, but youth-adjacent. We will be talking directly to a new generation of voters. But it won't just be about their own personal circumstances."
• Asked if she had the personal attributes to lead a government that includes the Green Party and New Zealand First: "I used to be the president of an international youth organisation that had members from Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. I think I can do this."
• "I don't think I have been described as a new lick of paint before."
• On not having had a chance to talk to her family today: "Mum and Dad are going to get a surprise in Niue."