An undated handout photo received on Nov 8, 2017, shows Paddles, the prime minister of New Zealand's cat. - AFP PHOTO / JACINDA ARDEN / STR
WELLINGTON: New Zealand was mourning the loss of the nation's "First Cat" Wednesday after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's pet puss Paddles was run over by a car in Auckland.
The prime minister's office confirmed that the ginger and white rescue cat, also described by Ardern as the PM (Prime Moggy), died in an accident on Tuesday.
