Ardern didn't realise last night there was an error in her own name until asked about it in Parliament. Photo / Supplied
Ardern didn't realise last night there was an error in her own name until asked about it in Parliament. Photo / Supplied
The plaque on a door to Labour rooms that Jacinda Ardern unveiled last night in Dunedin is notable on many levels, not least because it spells her name wrong and, more notably, because she wants the error to stay because it could have been worse.
Former Labour leader NormanKirk opened the Dunedin South Labour Rooms in 1970, two years before he became Prime Minister but they have been renovated so she did the honour.
The mis-spelt name on the plaque. Photo / Supplied
Ardern didn't realise last night there was an error in her own name.
She didn't actually realise it until she was asked at Parliament today by a reporter what she thought of the mistake.
She pulled her phone to inspect a photo of the plaque more closely:" "Oh they are missing an 'r.' Hilarious! Common. Very very common," she said.
"I hope they keep it that way."
Why? "Because the day that Norman Kirk opened those rooms, a seagull pooped on him. So there's got to be something that happens to me. A misspelling is probably better."
