Cycle of life: New Zealand MP gives birth to boy after riding to hospital

Julie Anne Genter, the minister for women and transport and member of the Green party, rode to maternity ward to be induced

New Zealand’s minister for women, Julie Anne Genter, has announced she delivered her first child, a baby boy, after cycling to hospital.

Genter is the country’s second member of the government to give birth this year, after the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern.

Genter gave birth to her son on Tuesday evening at Auckland hospital, the country’s largest public hospital where Ardern delivered her daughter, Neve Te Aroha, in late June.

“My partner Peter and I are delighted to welcome the new addition to our family,” Genter said in an emailed statement. “I want to thank the support I have had from my midwives, and our public health system.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/22/cycle-of-life-new-zealand-mp-gives-birth-to-boy-after-riding-to-hospital