Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern delivered a farewell speech in parliament on Wednesday, April 5.In an emotional conclusion to her speech, she said, "I cannot determine what will define my time in this place but I do hope that I have demonstrated something else entirely.“That you can be anxious, sensitive, kind and wear your heart on your sleeve. You can be a mother or not. You can be an ex-Mormon or not,” she said. “You can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger. You can be all of these things and not only can you be here, you can lead just like me.”Ardern announced on January 19 that she will not seek re-election and plans to stand down. She said at the Labour party’s annual caucus meeting, "I know what this job takes and I know I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice.”Chris Hipkins was sworn in as her successor in late January. Credit: New Zealand Parliament via Storyful