Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she is writing a book that will focus more on leadership than politics.
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In an Instagram post, Ms Ardern said she was often asked whether she would write about her five years as New Zealand's leader.
"At first, my answer was no," Ms Ardern wrote.
"I didn't want to write a book that hauled over the internal politics of the last five years, and then someone convinced me that I didn't have to.
"That maybe it might be worth expanding on some of the things I talked about in my valedictory instead - like the idea you can be your own kind of leader and still make a difference.
"And so that's what I'm planning to do."
Ms Ardern said she had no date for when the book would be published.
"But I hope when it's done, it's the kind of book that would have made a difference to my 14-year-old self," she wrote.
Aged 37 when she became prime minister in 2017, Ms Ardern was seen as a global icon of the left.
She shocked New Zealanders in January when she said she was stepping down because she no longer had "enough in the tank" to do the job justice in an election year.
Since then, Ms Arden has announced she will temporarily join Harvard University this year after being appointed to dual fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School.
She has also taken on an unpaid role in combating online extremism.
This month, Ms Ardern received one of NZ's highest honours for her service leading the country through a mass shooting and pandemic.
She was made a Dame Grand Companion, meaning people will now call her Dame Jacinda.
Ms Ardern said she was working with a team of publishers - Penguin in New Zealand and Australia, Macmillan in Britain and Crown in the United States.
The publishers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Australian Associated Press
