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Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand prime minister pregnant with first child
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jan 18, 2018 06:18pm |
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| Author | Eleanor Ainge Roy |
| News Date | Friday, January 19, 2018 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has announced she is pregnant with her first child.
Ardern, who was sworn in to office in October, said in a Facebook post that she and her partner, Clarke Gayford, are expecting in June.
“Clarke and I are really excited that in June our team will expand from two to three, and that we’ll be joining the many parents out there who wear two hats,” the 37-year-old wrote.
“I’ll be prime minister and a mum, and Clarke will be ‘first man of fishing’ and stay at home dad. I think it’s fair to say that this will be a wee one that a village will raise, but we couldn’t be more excited.
The deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, will take over to allow Ardern to take six weeks of maternity leave after the baby is born. In a statement Ardern said she intended to be “fully contactable” during her period of maternity leave.
At the end of her leave she intended to resume “all prime ministerial duties”, she said.
Ardern said her pregnancy had been confirmed on 13 October, meaning her child would have been conceived during one of the closest election campaigns New Zealand has seen. |
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