Finding that work-life balance in public role

They get a lot of stick when things go wrong under their watch, but it always pays to remember MPs are people with families. Newly appointed NZ First Cabinet Minister Tracey Martin says she had made a commitment to try to dedicate one day a week to her family. ‘‘One of the side-effects of this life is that you can, actually, neglect your family.’’ Meanwhile, on the other side, former deputy prime minister Paula Bennett was just looking forward to taking her grandchild to school for the first time.