The reporter from New Zealand talk-radio station Newstalk ZB asked the two leaders, “A lot of people will be wondering, are you two (her and Finnish PM) meeting just because you’re similar in age and have got a lot of common stuff there…"
It’s the first time a Finnish prime minister visited the prime minister of New Zealand, and the most viral moment of the trip has been their answers to a question at a press conference about their ages.
Jacinda Ardern, who has led New Zealand since 2017, hosted Sanna Marin, Finland’s leader since 2019, in Auckland on Wednesday. In a joint statement, the Prime Ministers said they discussed Ukrainian sovereignty, the climate crisis and their concerns for women and girls in Iran. So they were taken aback when a reporter at a joint press conference suggested they were meeting because they were both young women.
