Change - "A year ago today I became the leader of the Labour Party. Two things stand out - how fast a year can feel even when a huge amount changes, and just how lucky I am. I have the privilege of working alongside amazing people everyday. So to them- thank you and see you soon!" The Instagram post said.

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Return - She returned to her role as New Zealand Prime Minister six weeks after giving birth.

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Precious - On June 21, Ardern and her partner, Clarke Gayford, welcomed their new bundle of joy into the world.

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A girl - The beautiful baby girl was named Neve Te Aroha Ardern-Gayford.

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First - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto became the first world leader to give birth while in office.

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1990 - In 1990, Bhutto gave birth to daughter Baktawar while serving as the Prime Minister.

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Acting Prime Minister - Winston Peters stood in for Ardern while she was on maternity leave, and even though Ardern believed he did a good job he caused a bit of a stir in his six-week-long role, including fat-shaming in parliament.

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Australia - He called Australia out for a couple of things, including holding a boy aged 17 in an adult detention centre for four months ignoring UN commitments. The boy was then released.

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Flag - And he also brought up the Aussie flag - almost exactly the same except for the colour of the stars - which he suggested be changed because New Zealand had their design decades before Australia did.

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Last day - But on his last day as acting New Zealand Prime Minister he threw out an insult in Parliament that has not gone over well.

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Fatty - According to Stuff.nz, Peters called for the Speaker of the House to "throw fatty out", after Minister Tracey Martin announced the resignation of Dr Pauline Kingi.

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What's on the horizon - Upon returning, Ardern had a live interview with Radio NZ to discuss her time away and what's to be expected.

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Aware - Ardern started by expressing her understanding of her situation and that it's quite a unique one to be in.

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Every other woman - She said, "I'm privileged, I'm very very lucky... I'm not going to pretend that I have the same lot as every other woman."

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Partner - "I have a partner who can be there alongside me, who's taking up a huge part of that joint responsibility because he's a parent too, he's not a babysitter."

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Choice - "I also have the ability to have [Neve] with me [at work] so that means that I'm privileged and I'm lucky, a lot of women don't have that choice." She continued.

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Duties - She spoke of her time away from the role, but not fully. She still overlooked things while she was on leave.

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Leave - "Certainly over the six-week period I stepped back, but I didn't relinquish that sense of responsibility." She said.

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Winston Peters - Speaking of Winston Peters as acting PM while she was away, she said, "I had every faith that the acting Prime Minister would do a brilliant job, and he has."

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Different - "But in the back of my mind, of course was my return and I was looking forward to being back, but I know that being back will be different." She continued.

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Mum - "At a personal level it's just the day to day, I'm a mum that needs to meet all of the responsibilities that come with being a mum," she said.

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Love - She goes on, "making sure that Neve has the basics, that she's fed, that she's loved, that she sleeps as much as we're able to get her to sleep and we will do that together, that's a practical reality of my new role."

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Fantastic - The New Zealand Prime Minister has found being a parent rewarding.

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New - "All of the things that people said that I would experience - that idea that you suddenly have this new person in your life that you could love so much," she said about her experience.

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True and wonderful - She continued, "that time will go incredibly quickly, but that the nights will seem incredibly long - all of that has been true, but it has been wonderful."

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Residence - The new parents have planned to settle into the Prime Minister's residence within the week with baby Neve.

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Make it work - Ardern said, "I'm keen to get down there and feel assured that we are going to make it work and to demonstrate to others that we are going to make it work."

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Inspiring - The most inspiring part is that Ardern plans on embracing mum and Prime Minister roles fully and with honesty.

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Honesty - She said, "I might be at the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me."

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Imperfections - "I'm not going to hide the imperfections of parenting, I don't think anyone needs that."

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One year in office - Ardern took to Instagram to express her gratitude to the people she works beside daily.

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