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    New Zealand Girl Sends Prime Minister $5 'Bribe' To Fund Dragon Research

    An 11-year-old sent Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern the seed money to launch studies about dragons and telekinesis. Why? So she can grow up to be a dragon trainer.
    by Vanessa Romo May 14, 2019 1 minute
    New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said in a letter that her administration is not actively pursuing dragon research or telekinesis studies.

    Bazillions of adult fans may currently be preoccupied with dragons, and the mother of dragons and that giant dragon-killing-dart machine — but one girl in New Zealand is trying to get

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