👀 BREAKING — #NewZealand #PrimeMinisterJacindaArdern will #stepdown as leader on Feb. 7 and the country will hold an election on Oct. 14, she announced on Thursday lunchtime NZ time.

Why it matters: Ardern rose to international prominence for her response to the country's worst mass shooting — the terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques in 2019 — when she led Parliament in passing sweeping #guncontrol measures.

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