NZ PM returns to work after maternity leave

IANS  |  Wellingon 

returned to work on Thursday following six weeks of maternity leave.

Ardern, 38, resumed her duties but will work from her home in until Saturday, when she is expected to return to her official residence here along with her partner and daughter Neve, who was born on June 21, reports news.

During her absence, the government was led by

Ardern, who announced her pregnancy in January, is only the second world leader to give birth while in office after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto, who had her daughter in 1990.

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First Published: Thu, August 02 2018. 15:02 IST