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Ardern, whose mother was taking care of Neve, continued with her update before calling it quits about five minutes later after Neve called for her again.

\"I'm sorry, darling, it is taking so long,\" Ardern responded, before ending the livestream.

Ardern gave birth to Neve while in office in 2018, making headlines as one of the first sitting world leaders to do so.

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At the time, she acknowledged that while she may be high-profile, she is not the first woman \"to work and have a baby.\"

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\"I am not the first woman to multi-task. I am not the first woman to work and have a baby,\" she told Radio New Zealand in 2018. \"I know these are special circumstances but there will be many women who will have done this well before I have.\"

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