Nearly 20 years ago a high school yearbook gave a vital clue that a senior student held a political ambition now potentially days away from being realised.
The Morrinsville College 1998 yearbook lists a poll of students marking best-known traits or accomplishments of the school leavers.
Categories included best-looking, friendliest, happiest, sportiest, funniest, loudest, most likely to succeed and first to become a millionaire.
There was also a category for the student most likely to become Prime Minister - and newly promoted Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern won the vote hands down 19 years ago.
![Labour leader Jacinda Ardern as a student at Morrinsville College. Photo / TVNZ](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OTCZTJPXY3ZOI6A27YNLWNHF5U.jpg?auth=2f100579f8ae7779db01bcc6943059744af3e75903aa0425e320ff64a9675106&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)