Most people will be aware of Northland MP Willow-Jean Prime because she breastfed her three-month-old baby Heeni in Parliament.
She was one of the first MPs to benefit from the changes in 2017 allowing parents to bring their babies into the debating chamber. Willow-Jean had only been an MP for two months and suddenly she was in the media spotlight.
At the time, she said, “Parliament is trying to accommodate me and other parents so we don’t have to choose between careers and families. I see it as role-modelling and setting an example.”
Six years later, Willow-Jean, 40, continues to set an example for how a woman MP can do her stressful job and raise a family.
“I wouldn’t be able to
