New Zealand’s Covid-19 response minister was late for his press conference, but his mother was there to apologize to journalists for the delay
New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins was almost half an hour late for his press-conference on Thursday, but his mom came out to the waiting journalists and apologized for her son.
The media event was held outdoors in a nature reserve some 50 kilometers northwest of Wellington, not far from the place where Hipkins and his family were spending Christmas holidays.
The journalists were already there when the minister’s press secretary told them that Hipkins was running late.
But then the cabinet member’s mother came down the track and also apologized to the media for the inconvenience caused by her son.
“She didn’t need to, but mums will be mums. Such a treat,” Katrina Bennett, of NZME media company, who witnessed the scene, wrote on Twitter.
Nice thing about working at this time of year, is that rather than a horde of political minders at today's Covid presser, @chrishipkins' mum came & apologised to us for her son running late 😂 She didn't need to, but mums will be mums. Such a treat.
— Katrina Bennett (@KatrinaZBWgtn) December 30, 2021