Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at her weekly press conference on her schedule as her due date nears, a visit to New Zealand by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and the Government's prison reform priorities.
Just one day out from Jacinda Ardern's due date, the Prime Minister says she has an emergency bag packed ready for her dash to Auckland Hospital.
Arden told Newshub this morning she's packed "just the usual things" as she prepares for a quick get-away to give birth.
"Nutritious snacks, toothpaste,toothbrush, just the usual things, I guess," she said.
Asked about the toughest part of being pregnant while PM, she said it was still the morning sickness.
That had been worst during coalition negotiations late last year.
"I heard that curries, walking on curbs, eating pineapple [help induce labour]," Jacinda explained, "I thought I'd do them all at once."
"So if you see me walking through Sandringham with a pineapple under my arm and a take-out curry … that's exactly what's going on."
In lieu of Fieldays tomorrow I'd like to register my first ever 'In my day', because in 'IN MY DAY' we couldn't afford fancy redbands, and always had warehouse knock offs. Yet jnr-to-be has already been given 3 pairs. (ok one pair is handknitted and bloody cute, but still) pic.twitter.com/KK3ZuRWJhy
