After making history by delivering a speech from the porch of the Treaty Grounds' carved meeting house Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sat down with 180 excited schoolchildren for a meal from a plastic lunchbox.
Following yesterday's prime ministerial powhiri — held at the Treaty Grounds instead of Te Tii Marae for the first time — Ms Ardern visited Paihia School, just a few kilometres down the road, where she received another formal welcome and was invited to join a picnic on the school grounds.

She was accompanied by several of her ministers and MPs, including Kelvin Davis, Willow-Jean Prime, Chris Hipkins and Tamati Coffey, along with speaker of the house Trevor Mallard, Green Party leader James Shaw, and her partner Clarke Gayford.
The speeches were kept short with Ms Ardern directing hers at the children, explaining how Parliament works and the roles of the MPs seated alongside her.