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>> Reporter: WE WENT TO THE
REMOTE AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD, JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH POLE, TO MEET
NEW ZEALANDS NEW 37-YEAR-OLD
PREGNANT PRIME MINISTER.
YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST FEMALE WORLD LEADER OF ANY NATION.
>> FOR NOW.
FOR NOW.
FOR NOW. YES.
YES.
IT DIDNT STRIKE ME THAT PEOPLE
WOULD FIND IT AS CURIOUS AS THEY
HAVE.
>> Reporter: WHAT HAS REALLY
RAISED EYEBROWS WORLDWIDE IS SHES PREGNANT.S WORLDWIDE IS
SHES PREGNANT. 37-YEAR-OLD JACINDA ARDERN WILL
BE ONLY THE SECOND ELECTED
LEADER IN HISTORY TO GIVE BIRTH WHILE HEAD OF STATE. GIVE BIRTH
WHILE HEAD OF STATE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST WAS BENAZIR BHUTTO IN PAKISTAN, 30
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO.
>> IM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
DAY WHEN WE WONT HAVE NEWS STORIES ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT
WONT BE AS NEARLY AS UNUSUAL.
NOW, I ACCEPT THAT THATS THE
WAY IT IS.
>> Reporter: THEYRE TAKING IT
ALL IN STRIDE IN NEW ZEALAND.
A 13-HOUR NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM
LOS ANGELES.
LOS ANGELES. ITS AN ISLAND NATION AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE WORLD, ITS AT THE
FOREFRONT OF CHANGE. WOMEN COULD VOTE HERE 20 YEARS
BEFORE THEY COULD IN THE U.S.
AND ARDERN IS NEW ZEALANDS
THIRD PRIME MINISTER.
BUT SHES THE FIRST TO TAKE A
SIX-WEEK MATERNITY LEAVE.
A "DAILY MAIL" COLUMNIST, LIZ
JONES, WROTE SOMETHING THAT I
WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO.
A PREGNANT PRIME MINISTER ISNT
FEMINISM, ITS BETRAYING YOUR
VOTERS.
VOTERS. SURELY, YOUR COUNTRY SHOULDNT
HAVE TO COMPETE FOR YOUR
ATTENTION WITH A COLICY TODDLER.
>> THE SENTIMENT IN THAT PIECE
SUGGESTS THAT WOMEN CAN ONLY BE
MOTHERS OR OTHER.
CAN I BE A PRIME MINISTER AND A
MOTHER?
MOTHER? ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. WILL I HAVE HELP TO DO IT?
YES.
YES.
>> Reporter: FIRST, FROM HER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER.
HE WILL BE RUNNING THE COUNTRY
WHILE SHES OUT.
THOUGH, SHE SAYS, SHE WILL BE
AVAILABLE.
AS FOR THE BABY --
>> WERE REALLY EXCITED. >> Reporter: -- HELP WILL COME
FROM THE FATHER, CLARK GUYFORD,
ARDERN
ARDERN ARDERNS PARTNER OF FOUR YEARS.
HE WILL BE A STAY AT HOME DAD.
>> HE IS A FISHERMAN.
>> Reporter: HES SOME
FISHERMAN.
FISHERMAN.
>> HE IS A PROFESSIONAL
FISHERMAN BROADCASTER.
>> Reporter: AND HE JUST WALKED
IN THE DOOR WITH A FISH POLE. HE PROVED IT.ITH A FISH POLE.
HE PROVED IT. >> HE DID WALK IN WITH A FISHING
ROD LOOKING LIKE HUCKLEBERRY
FINN.
FINN.
THATS CORRECT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HES BEEN. CLEARLY FISHING HAS BEEN BEEN.
CLEARLY FISHING HAS BEEN INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
>> Reporter: THE COUPLE IS NOT MARRIED.ter: THE COUPLE IS NOT
MARRIED.
I ASKED HER WHY NOT?
>> WE NEVER HAVE MADE A
DELIBERATE DECISION NOT TO GET MARRIED.TE DECISION NOT TO GET
MARRIED.
ITS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVENT -- IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE
BECAUSE WERE VERY COMMITTED TO
EACH OTHER.
EACH OTHER. ITS NOT SOMETHING WEVE GOTTEN
AROUND TO.
AROUND TO. WE HAVENT SEQUENCED, PERHAPS.
BUT NO ONES REALLY TAKEN
PARTICULAR ISSUE WITH IT.
EXCEPT PROBABLY MY GRANDMOTHER,
PROBABLY.
PROBABLY.
BEYOND THE GRAVE, PROBABLY WOULD TAKE ISSUE WITH IT.ROBABLY WOULD
TAKE ISSUE WITH IT. >> Reporter: WITH A BIT OF
COAXING, CLARK JOINS US.
YOURE GOING TO STAY HOME.
HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN CARE OF A
BABY BEFORE?
BABY BEFORE?
>> OF COURSE I HAVE.
HELD MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS
BRIEFLY.
>> Reporter: I WAS GOING TO SAY, A LITTLE DIFFERENT.GOING TO SAY,
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
DO YOU OFFER POLITICAL ADVICE? >> YOU OFFER POLITICAL OPINIONS.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU TELL HER
IF YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS WRONG
ABOUT SOMETHING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH.
>> ITS GOOD TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE
THAT IN YOUR LIFE.
I TELL HIM WHEN HES WRONG ABOUT
THINGS, TOO.
>> UH-HUH.
>> WHICH IS NEVER, DARLING.
>> I -- YEAH. >> Reporter: YOU SEEM SO NORMAL.
>> HOW ELSE SHOULD WE BE?
WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG?
>> Reporter: GOOD QUESTION.
DONT LET THE LAUGHS AND GOOD
HUMOR FOOL YOU.
SHE HAS A SERIOUS SIDE.
>> I WAS A GIRLIE SWAT AND I
STILL AM.
STILL AM. >> Reporter: TRANSLATE THAT.
>> A GIRLIE SWAT.
VERY EARNEST.
VERY EARNEST.
I JOINED A POLITICAL PARTY AT
17.
I STOOD OUT TO MY PEERS.
THAT WASNT NORMAL.
>> Reporter: NEITHER WAS HOW SHE BECAME PRIME MINISTER.AS HOW SHE
BECAME PRIME MINISTER.
>> ARE YOU WITH ME? >> Reporter: ARDERN, FORMER HEAD
OF THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS, TEAMED
UP WITH A VERY CONSERVATIVE
NEW ZEALAND FIRST PARTY.
IT WOULD BE LIKE BERNIE SANDERS
TEAMING UP WITH TED CRUZ.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW "THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL" TWEETED YOU WERE
THE DONALD TRUMP OF NEW ZEALAND
WHEN IT CAME TO IMMIGRATION.
>> THAT INFURIATED ME.
WE ARE A PART THEY THAT IS
TRYING TO DOUBLE OUR REFUGEE QUO
TOE.
TOE. WERE A NATION BUILT ON
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION.
IMMIGRATION. IM A THIRDRATION NEW ZEALANDER.
THIS SUGGESTION THAT I WAS
LEADING SOMETHING THAT WAS
COUNTER TO THAT VALUE, MADE ME
ANGRY.
ANGRY.
>> Reporter: YOURE NOT BUILDING A WALL?rter: YOURE NOT BUILDING
A WALL? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE DEEP
POLITICAL DIVISIONS IN
NEW ZEALAND.
NEW ZEALAND.
BUT ALL THE PEOPLE WE TALKED TO,
EVEN THE ONES WHO DIDNT VOTE
FOR HER, ARE ROOTING FOR HER.
SOME CALL IT JACINDA MANIA.
ARE YOU TOLD ME THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS JACINDA MANIA.
I SEE THE LITTLE GIRLS COMING
OVER.
OVER. >> IF THEY SEE A WOMAN IN A JOB
LIKE THIS, THATS WONDERFUL.
>> Reporter: AFTER 24 HOURS OF
FLYING, SHES IN EUROPE, WHERE
LATER THIS WEEK, SHE WILL MEET
QUEEN ELIZABETH, WHO IS
OFFICIALLY THE HEAD OF STATE IN
NEW ZEALAND, THOUGH HEADLINES
DURING ARDERNS CAMPAIGN
SUGGESTED, SHE WANTED TO DITCH
THE QUEEN.
THE QUEEN.
YOU MAY HAVE EXPLAINING TO DO WHEN YOU GET THERE.NING TO DO
WHEN YOU GET THERE. >> NO DOUBT.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE WONT
PUSH IT, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
LEADING THE COUNTRY, HAVING A
BABY AND TAKING ON THE QUEEN,
MIGHT BE ONE THING TOO MANY,
EVEN FOR HER.
THE BABY IS DUE IN JUNE.
THE COUPLE TOLD ME THEY RECEIVED
DOZENS OF BOOKS ABOUT CHILD
CARE.
CARE.
THEY JOKED, I THIS I THEY WERE JOKING, THAT HE WAS READING FOR
THEM.
THEM.
AND ARDERN HAS ASKED FOR
EXECUTIVE HELP.
THE FAMILY LIVES IN AUCKLAND AND THE COUNTRYS CAPITAL IS ANND AND
THE COUNTRYS CAPITAL IS AN HOURS FLIGHT AWAY.
LIKE LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY AND
GOING TO WASHINGTON.
SHES GOING TO BE THERE THREE
DAYS A WEEK.
AND THEYRE NOT PLANNING TO HIRE
A FULL-TIME NANNY.
WELL SEE ABOUT THAT.
>> A MODERN COUPLE.
WHAT A COOL STORY.
SURPRISED YOU CAME BACK.
NEW ZEALAND LOOKED PRETTY
AWESOME.
AWESOME.
>> IT WAS PRETTY GREAT. WE SHOULD TAKE A TRIP..
WE SHOULD TAKE A TRIP. "TODAY" SHOW FROM NEW ZEALAND.