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Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM reveals she is pregnant | Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM reveals she is pregnant |
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she is pregnant. | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she is pregnant. |
Ms Ardern said she and her partner, Clarke Gayford, were expecting their child in June, after which she planned to take a six-week break. | |
"And we thought 2017 was a big year!" she wrote on Instagram. | |
Ms Ardern, 37, became New Zealand's youngest prime minister since 1856 when she formed a centre-left coalition in October. | Ms Ardern, 37, became New Zealand's youngest prime minister since 1856 when she formed a centre-left coalition in October. |
She was flooded with support after making the announcement on her social media profiles on Friday. | |
Ms Ardern's Labour Party came second in September's election, where no party was able to secure a majority. | Ms Ardern's Labour Party came second in September's election, where no party was able to secure a majority. |
She formed a government with the backing of Winston Peters, leader of the small New Zealand First party. | |
"As is the case when I am overseas, Mr Peters will act as prime minister, working with my office while staying in touch with me," Ms Ardern said in a statement reported by the New Zealand Herald on Friday. | |
"I fully intend to be contactable and available throughout the six-week period when needed." | |
Mr Gayford would be a "stay-at-home" dad, she said. | |
Two of New Zealand's former prime ministers were among the first to offer congratulations. | |
Ms Ardern took over the Labour leadership in July. She later said that she had an hour's notice that Andrew Little was about to stand down. | |
On her first day as opposition leader, Ms Ardern was controversially asked by a TV talk show host whether she had made "a choice between having babies and having a career". | |
Ms Ardern replied that such a question was "totally unacceptable in 2017". | |
"It is a woman's decision about when they choose to have children and it should not predetermine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities," she said. |