Reporter asks if Jacinda Ardern and Sanna Marin are meeting because of their similar age

A journalist has asked New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern if she only met with Finnish leader Sanna Marin due to their similar age and other 'common stuff'.

Joey Dwyer asked, 'A lot of people will be wondering if you two are meeting just because you are similar in age and got a lot of common stuff there ... Or can Kiwis expect to see more deals between our two countries down the line?' Ardern hit back saying, 'I wonder whether or not anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key if they met because they were of similar age’. Marin said, 'We are meeting because we are prime ministers'

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[francisdevine]

I love how Ardern’s face went from enthusiastic to trying to reconcile what era the question came from

[jfloww]

“We are meeting because we are prime ministers.” Shouldn't that be justification enough? Don’t understand why this question was even asked.

[michaelkushnir]

"We are meeting because we are Prime Ministers." 🔥🔥🔥

[az]

I wonder where he found the common sense to not ask about their outfits.

[FOXMAN]

Don't worry everyone. This guy likes to ask this type of question to all leaders. Last week he asked Joe Biden if the only reason he was meeting with Prince William was to be in Season 12 of The Crown

[EmyN]

A better question would be "as women in politics in the same age bracket, do you find yourselves in positions which you can relate with each other?" Idk

[eyeblab]

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful response to a question fueled by boring blather.

[XerxesGammon]

It's like asking: Are you meeting because of similar hair color? Or because you have the same height?

[kevsouth]

He asked it for a reaction. Which he got. And now we’re all watching it.

[massabranca]

Jacinda has so much panache. She is always very sharp when countering the vulgarity of some media.

[jameschoice]

What a dumb, embarrassing question!
As a man i am ashamed of how inept, crass and pretentious some of my "colleagues" are.

Greets from Austria.

[getintheflask]

Poorly worded. Maybe could have asked whether their similarities would mean better relations between the two countries

[charlescrawford]

And journalists wonder why they aren't always liked.💙

[katrinaloughrey]

How embarrassing for that journalist, what a fool to ask such a question. Women continue to have to justify themselves when men don’t. Just ridiculous.

[oscarsnr]

Cultural translation from NZ to UK: if you like The Guardian, then you probably don’t listen to Newstalk ZB… As illustrated by this Neanderthal line of questioning.

[lwzfog]

both big fans of the colombian marching powder .... ALLEGEDLY
😂😂😂

[faisalakhtar]

Jacinta Ardern contacting Sanna Marin:
Hey, I have done some Maths and some research and as it turns, we are the same age. Maybe we should..you know..team up.
Sanna: Intriguing.

[mshkolazmarz]

so fresh to see finnish politicians having very intelligent, composed, pragmatic demeanor. From the president to the prime minister here, it's quite endearing to see such quality given the fact that it is located beside a raging motherland.

[Under_Growth]

They're gonna go party after the meeting.

[dd]

both gone because they were both clueless and immature.