Trivia

First world leader to attend a United Nations assembly with her infant child (September 2018).

In late October 2017, she became the prime minister of New Zealand, the third female one and the youngest at 37 in 150 years.

She got engaged to her longtime boyfriend Clarke Gayford on April 28, 2019, after having a daughter with him the year before. However, they wouldn't marry until January 2024. The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the reasons that led to the delay.

Coincidentally, she was voted "Most likely to become Prime Minister" in high school.

She was once turned down for a role in fellow New Zealander Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" films.

Second elected world leader in history to have a baby while in office.

She is a natural blonde, but prefers to dye her hair dark.

She grew up as a Mormon, but gave up that faith in 2005 because of its opposition to same-sex marriage.

For her services in New Zealand, she was appointed a "Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit" in the 2023 King's Birthday and Coronation Honours.