For those claiming Jacinda’s UN appearance with Neve was meaningless – here are the stats
Remember how the right wing pundits and National Party hacks screamed that Jacinda appearing at the UN was meaningless and why were we paying for those images?
Here are the stats.
Most viewed speech of any world leader on the official UN channel and those pictures viewed 195million times eh? Sounds like the first use of taxpayer money that actually did some good for our public image.
Those images of Jacinda at the UN with Clarke and Neve have given us more value for money than the entire Hobbit Trilogy.
It’s a reminder that friends don’t let friends hate babies.
Good then, now we want to see action, something to be delivered on the words spoken. I am holding my breath.
In humanising and softening down the harsh face of politics, Jacinda, Clarke and baby Neve have given the international stage something different and special.
Jacinda demonstrated she is only one of many women in the world, working while raising a family and breastfeeding as well. And Clarke making a bold statement that dads can be good caregivers of their children too.
Also our PM’s UN speeches direct and warm, highlighted politics can be done another way. Perhaps the rest of the world will sit up and take notice.
So are we looking for “economic ” benefit or Human connection..
A measures of direct benefit from this popular Govt must be action creating an economic platform that distributes wealth more evenly and doesn’t hinge on a trickle down myth.
What a crock.
The UN official channel! So nobody that actually matters then.
The channel career politicians, bureaucrats, spin masters and UN aficionados watch.
Oh the censor has been about?
YES, the censor hit again.
It was a huge statement for women, powerful and gentle, the best kind. The USA needed an image like that. Unquantifiable, incalculable positive effects.
The responses I’ve received from overseas to Jacinda’s baby pics have been amazing. So far I’ve had messages from Zambia, the UK, Canada and the US, all raving about how wonderful it was to see images of baby Neve at the UN.
The other point they all make: How fantastic to have a young, female, fertile PM instead of yet another boring old guy or a Thatcher clone!
A warm and fuzzy image of a country that’s far from warm and fuzzy.