So, with good reason, as Ardern stood at that podium on Saturday she was visibly frustrated. But, even then, there was that well-known positivity that some have called relentless. “We are very close to being in a much-more certain future as our vaccination programme rolls out. We just need to hang in there,” she implored New Zealand. She followed a similar vein when she talked to New Zealand on Sunday: “We just need to keep going,” she said. ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, pictured here in January, is being hailed for her positivity. According to National Council of Women of New Zealand president Lisa Lawrence, the country needs positivity at the top in these tough times.