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((Short description|Pet cat of New Zealand politician Jacinda Ardern (2016-2017)))
((Use dmy dates|date=November 2017))
((Use New Zealand English|date=November 2017))
((Infobox animal
| name                    = Paddles
| image                   = File:Paddles (cat).jpg
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| caption                 = 
| species                 = [[Cat]]
| breed                   = 
| gender                  = Female
| birth_date              = 2016
| death_date              = ((death date and given age|2017|11|7|c. 1|df=y))
| death_place             = [[Point Chevalier]], [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]
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| years_active            = 2016–2017
| known_for               = Rescue cat kept by the [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
| owner                   = [[Jacinda Ardern]]
| appearance              = Ginger and white, [[polydactyl cat|polydactyl]]
| namedafter              = 
| website                 = [https://twitter.com/firstcatofnz Twitter page]
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'''Paddles''' (2016 – 7 November 2017) was a ginger and white [[polydactyl cat]],<ref name="people">((Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Alexia |date=October 27, 2017 |title=New Zealand's adorable 'First Cat' Is taking over Twitter with its opposable thumbs |url=http://people.com/pets/new-zealands-adorable-first-cat-is-taking-over-twitter-with-its-opposable-thumbs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108213814/http://people.com/pets/new-zealands-adorable-first-cat-is-taking-over-twitter-with-its-opposable-thumbs/ |archive-date=8 November 2017 |access-date=9 November 2017 |work=PEOPLE.com |df=dmy-all))</ref> owned by New Zealand Prime Minister [[Jacinda Ardern]] and her partner [[Clarke Gayford]]. Paddles had a profile on Twitter and in politics as "First Cat".

==Early life==
Paddles was a rescue cat, adopted by Ardern from a branch of the [[Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|SPCA]]. 

==Career==
She became a celebrity as the "First Cat" after Ardern took office, and a [[Twitter]] account was established in her name. Ardern said that she did not know who created the account.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41757958|title=New Zealand's 'first cat' and other political pets|last=Chen|first=Heather|date=26 October 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=9 November 2017|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109143048/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41757958|archive-date=9 November 2017|df=dmy-all))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/10/prime-minister-of-new-zealand-has-a-twitter-famous-cat|title=New Zealand's hip, young Prime Minister comes complete with a tech-savvy cat|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|first=Hilary |last=Weaver |date=24 October 2017|access-date=25 October 2017))</ref> 

When U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] phoned Ardern to congratulate her for becoming Prime Minister in October 2017, Paddles interrupted the conversation.<ref>((Cite news |last=Culbertson |first=Alix |date=November 8, 2017 |title=Paddles the New Zealand PM's famous cat dies in car crash |language=en-GB |work=Sky News |url=http://news.sky.com/story/paddles-the-new-zealand-pms-famous-cat-dies-in-car-crash-11117994 |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109075617/http://news.sky.com/story/paddles-the-new-zealand-pms-famous-cat-dies-in-car-crash-11117994 |archive-date=9 November 2017 |df=dmy-all))</ref>

==Death==
Paddles was run over by a car and killed in the [[Auckland]] suburb of [[Point Chevalier]] on 7 November 2017.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/11/jacinda-ardern-s-cat-paddles-has-died-after-being-hit-by-car.html|title=Tributes flow into SPCA after the death of Jacinda Ardern's cat Paddles|first=Ella|last=Prendergast|work=Newshub|access-date=7 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035053/http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/11/jacinda-ardern-s-cat-paddles-has-died-after-being-hit-by-car.html|archive-date=8 November 2017|df=dmy-all))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11941627|title=Jacinda Ardern's cat Paddles has died after being hit by a car|date=7 November 2017|work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=7 November 2017))</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of individual cats]]

==References==
((Reflist))

((Jacinda Ardern))

[[Category:2016 animal births]]
[[Category:2017 animal deaths]]
[[Category:Individual cats in politics]]
[[Category:Animals on the Internet]]
[[Category:Jacinda Ardern]]
[[Category:Individual animals in New Zealand]]
[[Category:2017 in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Pets of world leaders]]

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