New Zealand's minister for women cycles to hospital to give birth

New Zealand’s minister for women has cycled herself to hospital to give birth to her first child.

Julie Genter, 38, posted pictures of her “beautiful Sunday morning” ride to the hospital in Auckland with her partner.

The Green Party politician said she opted to cycle because there “wasn’t enough space in the car”.

She wrote: “Beautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an induction to finally have this baby.

“This is it, wish us luck! (My partner and I cycled because there wasn’t enough room in the car for the support crew... but it also put me in the best possible mood!)”

She added that the journey was “mostly downhill” and that she used an electric bike, but joked: “Probably should have cycled more in the last few weeks to get the labour going!”

Ms Genter is an outspoken advocate for cycling in New Zealand.

In June, the country’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardem became just the second world leader to give birth while in office .