New Zealand's 'first cat' and unlikely internet star Paddles has died after being run over by a car.
The white and ginger cat belonged to the newly-appointed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford.
A Twitter account in Paddles' name had amassed more than 10,000 followers and gained international media attention.
Confirming that the cat had passed away, Ms Ardern said anyone who ever lost a pet will "know how sad we feel".
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">V sad PR Guy here.Tysm for loving Paddles, the whole world will mourn her.Not bad for a lil SPCA puss. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrrpForever?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrrpForever</a> <a href="https://t.co/B5MZvcUiDU">https://t.co/B5MZvcUiDU</a></p>— Paddles (@FirstCatofNZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/FirstCatofNZ/status/927984463069323264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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