This archive report was first published on 20 November 2019.
US comedian Stephen Colbert visited New Zealand last month, and his segments from the trip are being screened on "The Late Show" this week.
One of the segments features Colbert's meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who picked him up in an electric vehicle and joked about her "executive time".
"I'm a woman, I multi-task, so don't worry," Ardern said in response to Colbert's concerns.
During their drive, Ardern and Colbert sang a spoof of James Corden's carpool karaoke, belting out Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" despite Colbert's warning that they could get into trouble.
They also fired up the barbecue for a New Zealand state dinner of sausages and white bread at Ardern's Auckland home, with singer Lorde attending.
Colbert, who has appeared on Ardern's show twice and has been invited to visit New Zealand each time, said it was something he had always wanted to do.
The government spent NZ$104,000 ($67,000) to host Colbert and his crew, but Tourism New Zealand estimated that paid advertising promoting New Zealand as a destination on a network show in the prime US market over the course of a week would cost almost 50 times that amount.
