New Zealand politician cycles to hospital in labour, gives birth
Sunday, 28 Nov 2021 11:11 AM MYT
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MELBOURNE, Nov 28 — New Zealand Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter got on her bicycle early today and headed to the hospital. She was already in labour and she gave birth an hour later.
“Big news!” the Greens politician posted on her Facebook page a few hours later. “At 3.04am this morning we welcomed the newest member of our family. I genuinely wasn’t planning to cycle in labour, but it did end up happening.”
The island nation of 5 million already has a reputation for down-to-earth politicians. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern famously took maternity leave while in office and brought her three-month old to a United Nations meeting as she was still breastfeeding.
