On Sunday (19 August), Kiwi politician Julie Genter made headlines around the world when she cycled to hospital to give birth to her son.

Genter, a member of New Zealand’s Green Party, is also the country’s women’s minister and associate minister for health and transport. She posted a photo on Instagram that showed her heavily pregnant and smiling next to her bicycle.

“Beautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an induction to finally have this baby,” she wrote. “This is it, wish us luck!”

She explained that she and her partner had cycled to hospital because there wasn’t enough room in her car for their “support crew”. “But it also put me in the best possible mood!”

During her time in government, Genter has campaigned heavily for more people to cycle in New Zealand. In a post congratulating her on the birth of her child, the New Zealand Green Party said her trip to hospital was “the most #onbrand thing ever”.

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