NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter has takenthe cycle of life to a whole new level, biking her way to hospital for thebirth of her first child.
Genter, a Green MP and keen cyclist, chose pedal power for Sunday’s onekilometre (0.6 mile) journey from her home to Auckland City Hospital forthe delivery.
“My partner and I cycled because there wasn’t enough room in the car forthe support crew… but it also put me in the best possible mood!” sheposted on social media alongside a picture of her with her bike.
Genter is 42 weeks pregnant, and said in the post that she was going in tohospital for an induction.
She is not only Women’s Minister but Associate Transport Minister in NewZealand’s centre-left government, advocating for sustainable travel.
Her Green Party colleagues tweeted that the bicycle trip to the deliveryward was “the most #onbrand thing ever”.
A party spokeswoman said the baby had still not arrived by late afternoonMonday.
The impending birth comes just weeks after New Zealand Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern returned to work after having her first child, daughterNeve, in June.
Ardern, who was elected last year, became only the second world leader togive birth while in office after Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto in 1990. -APP/AFP