Harvard and Yale have been dueling for centuies. Last week we heard Abraham Verghese’s Commencement Address at Harvard (est. 1636). Not to be outdone, the Kiwi superstar, Jacinda Adern, addressed the upcoming graduates of Yale (est. 1701) Jacinda Adern, New Zealand’s Prime Minister from October 2017 until January 2023, gave the Class Day address at Yale Commencement on May 19, 2025. Her countryman, Dr. Marius Rademaker alerted us to this. She started with a Maori proverb: Ko te manu kai i te mātauranga, nōna te ao. The bird that consumes the miro berry owns the forest. The bird that consumes knowledge, owns the world.” She confessed that she suffers from … Continue reading →