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| New Zealand's minister for women cycles to hospital to give birth | New Zealand's minister for women cycles to hospital to give birth |
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| New Zealand's minister for women has cycled herself to a birthing unit as she prepares to have her first child. | New Zealand's minister for women has cycled herself to a birthing unit as she prepares to have her first child. |
| Green Party politician Julie Anne Genter posted a picture on Instagram saying she had arrived at Auckland City hospital to be induced – and had travelled by bicycle. | Green Party politician Julie Anne Genter posted a picture on Instagram saying she had arrived at Auckland City hospital to be induced – and had travelled by bicycle. |
| “Beautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an induction to finally have this baby. This is it, wish us luck! | “Beautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an induction to finally have this baby. This is it, wish us luck! |
| Jacinda Ardern shows that no doors are closed to women | Helen Clark | |
| "My partner and I cycled because there wasn't enough room in the car for the support crew," she wrote. | "My partner and I cycled because there wasn't enough room in the car for the support crew," she wrote. |
| "But it also put me in the best possible mood." | "But it also put me in the best possible mood." |
| Genter, who was 42-weeks pregnant, said the ride was mostly downhill. | Genter, who was 42-weeks pregnant, said the ride was mostly downhill. |
| The news comes just weeks after the country’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern returned to parliament following the birth of her daughter Neve. | The news comes just weeks after the country’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern returned to parliament following the birth of her daughter Neve. |
| Genter is due to give birth at the same public hospital as Ardern. | Genter is due to give birth at the same public hospital as Ardern. |
| Jacinda Ardern: ‘Having a baby around changes the tone a little bit’ | |
| Also the country's associate transport minister, Genter, 38, is a well-known and outspoken cycling advocate. | Also the country's associate transport minister, Genter, 38, is a well-known and outspoken cycling advocate. |
| Before she left the capital, she said there was a sense of hopefulness among women seeing government ministers becoming mothers for the first time. | Before she left the capital, she said there was a sense of hopefulness among women seeing government ministers becoming mothers for the first time. |
| "I think that it's OK to celebrate it. I don't think we're at the point where we can say 'no big deal'," she said. | "I think that it's OK to celebrate it. I don't think we're at the point where we can say 'no big deal'," she said. |
| But having babies in office is far from new for Kiwi politicians. | But having babies in office is far from new for Kiwi politicians. |
| Labour's Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan was the first woman to give birth while an MP, in 1970. National's Ruth Richardson breastfed at work in 1983 and a child-care centre was established in parliament in the 1990s. | Labour's Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan was the first woman to give birth while an MP, in 1970. National's Ruth Richardson breastfed at work in 1983 and a child-care centre was established in parliament in the 1990s. |
| A playground is currently being built on parliament's grounds amid a push by the Speaker of the House to make the precinct more family friendly. | A playground is currently being built on parliament's grounds amid a push by the Speaker of the House to make the precinct more family friendly. |
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