In Photos: New Zealand Prime Minister’s Baby Meets the World
On July 22, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a baby girl weighing at Auckland Hospital, New Zealand, at 4:45 PM.
Only the second baby to be born to a country leader in recent history, Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford ushered in a days of waiting, media speculation and journalists outside the hospital, before she was introduced to the public earlier today as Ardern left the hospital.
Here are our shots from behind the scenes of the long wait at hospital, and the Prime Minister’s daughter’s first time in public.
This article originally appeared on VICE NZ.