Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: NZ PM Jacinda Ardern On Christmas And Her 2022!

Episode Date: December 22, 2022

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and Jacinda Ardern lets us know what she is getting upto for the break, as well as a recap of 2022! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning, how are you? Hello, bloody good. We're probably the last people you want to talk to this week, mate. No, no, no. There's a much greater list on the other side of that. It's nice to have you on for the final time this year. Looking back at the year, obviously it's been a tough year for the country and probably yourself. Let's look at a highlight. Has there been a highlight this year, something positive that you're focused on? Oh yeah, actually it's just that this week it was so awesome to have the Black Ferns down in Wellington. It was a beautiful day to see everyone come out and acknowledge their win was awesome but you know if I track back a

little further, I really enjoyed our first Matariki. I went to a couple of events to mark the day and it's just so amazing to see families out starting their own traditions on our new public holiday. That was a real highlight too. It is, because it's probably important to focus on positive things. Like Ben said, a lot of negative stuff has happened. Does that weigh you down? Because you're at the forefront of it.

You're at the bloody coalface of all the negativity every day. Does it get on top of you? Oh, look, I'm human, so I won't pretend that things don't affect me, but you want politicians to be affected by things that are going on because you want us to be empathetic and to respond to problems when we see them.

And actually, that's what politics is. It's problem solving. It's fixing issues. And so not unexpected, but when you have a large number of them, yeah, it can weigh you down. But I still get to see and do amazing things, and so I always focus on that as well.

Yeah, got to. You must have to do that at the end of every day. Okay, now what were the good parts of the day, the two good bits? There's no time for a gratitude journal, I can tell you that. Now, Prime Minister, a lot of talk about the hot mic. Someone left the hot mic on. Tell me, you guys have been there, I know you've been there.

Oh yeah, I know, and we all say stuff, but we phoned the arrogant so-and-so yesterday, and we got his response, and this is what he said. Let's have real talk, David. Did it hurt a little bit? Oh, I know.

Look, this is the woman of kindness and inclusion. And she's nice to everyone, but she says, I'm an arrogant prick, and I thought that stopped very nice. And the great irony is that now, because she apologised for calling me an arrogant prick, that's the first time she apologised for something. See, but this is why she's calling you he does he's i can see where you're coming from

i'm not gonna dig a hole any deeper for myself i did send him a text message afterwards and said look shouldn't have said that i do apologize and. And I also said, as my mother would say, if you haven't got anything nice to say. To be honest, he said I've been called a lot worse. Yeah, yeah, he did. Christmas, what's on Jacinda Ardern's Christmas wish list? Because I'm thinking maybe a new plane because, jeez, your one broke down a few times this year. Oh, well, actually, the one in Antarctica, we actually already have

new Hercules on the way. Oh, good. Those have been on the list for a while. It's just they do take a bit of time to build. So our Defence Force deserves new C-130s, I think. So that's not on my wish list. Oh, for me, sleep. Just

a little bit of extra sleep. I'm very simple. So that's what I'm looking forward to. And so Christmas Day, does your security detail wherever you're going for Christmas Day? I'm not sure what you're doing, but do they come with you and do they sort of awkwardly stand or sit around the Christmas table? So they do. They're with me all the time. They're not physically in my house, though. They're usually stationed outside, and so on Christmas Day, we do bring them in. And I can never tell whether they're happy about that or not.

I can tell you the year that I made them all wear Christmas hats from the crackers, they weren't happy about that. In 2023, looking ahead to next year, is there a wedding going to happen? Just to know what's going on there. Yeah, we're being so slack. I just hope that that's a sign to everyone how much we focus on our jobs. It is not indicative of my ability to plan. We haven't planned for it yet.

And I think it's just one of those things where when we do, we want to be able to have the time and the space to enjoy it properly. And it's just been a busy time. So we'll get there eventually. Mate, I know you've got an excuse. You're focusing on a job. He's just moving a couple of houses and going fishing every now and then. He can do some bloody admin.

Yeah, he does do. But he does basically all of our life admin. I bet he does. I can imagine. I'll give him that. Probably pretty true. Jacinda Ardern, thank you for your time this year. I know it's been a difficult year, but we really appreciate talking to you.

I enjoy catching up with you. Yeah, thank you. And have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy new year.