Heartwarming! New Zealand Speaker Cradles MP's Baby During Parliament Debate
The New Zealand speaker displayed some serious dad skills during a parliamentary debate and his act has melted everyone's hearts online.
According to reports, the MP Tš¡mati Coffey's baby son Tš±tš¡nekai Smith-Coffey was being cradled by Speaker Trevor Mallard in a video that's going viral.
Normally the Speaker¡¯s chair is only used by Presiding Officers but today a VIP took the chair with me. Congratulations @tamaticoffey and Tim on the newest member of your family. pic.twitter.com/47ViKHsKkA
¡ª Trevor Mallard (@SpeakerTrevor) 21 August 2019
On Wednesday, Mallard tweeted a picture of himself feeding a happy-looking Tš±tš¡nekai. "Normally the Speaker's chair is only used by Presiding Officers but today a VIP took the chair with me. Congratulations @tamaticoffey and Tim on the newest member of your family," Mallard tweeted.
Who needs to see this today? Every single last one of us, that¡¯s who. Here¡¯s a brand new papa holding his new born in our House of Representatives right now ??? pic.twitter.com/NU00SHfKFT
¡ª Golriz Ghahraman (@golrizghahraman) 21 August 2019
Reports state that since he took over the house, Mallard has made some significant changes to make Parliament a more family-friendly space. The changes have proved to be a boon for all the women MPs in New Zealand who also have the freedom to breastfeed on the floor of the house.
In 2017, it was an iconic moment when Australian Senator Larissa Waters breastfed her infant inside Australian Parliament. ¡°From a mum¡¯s perspective, breastfeeding is very normal and uneventful,¡± she was quoted by Stuff.co as saying.
So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament! We need more #women & parents in Parli #auspol pic.twitter.com/w34nxWxG0y
¡ª Larissa Waters (@larissawaters) 9 May 2017
"So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament! We need more #women & parents in Parli," she wrote on Twitter.
