Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is assuring people she's "fine" after what has been described as the "most violent handshake" ever with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Footage of the two world leaders meeting outside 10 Downing St last week went viral with viewers joking that Ardern nearly lost her arm during the energetic handshake.
"That is the most violent handshake I've ever seen," one person wrote on social media.
"Someone call an ambulance, there's a woman at No. 10 that needs her right arm reattached," another said.
Ardern appeared on Australia's The Project television show on Tuesday night while on a trade mission across the Tasman. She was asked how she was doing after the handshake with Johnson.
"I am being very honest here, I actually didn't particularly notice until someone sent in a recording of it and I can see why it looked like I might have needed a workplace injury claim as a result… but I am actually fine and at the time it seemed normal," she replied.
The meeting between Ardern and Johnson came at the end of the New Zealand Prime Minister's five-day tour of Europe, where she attended a NATO summit and also visited Brussels as a free trade agreement with the European Union was secured.
It also rounded off a busy period for Johnson, who engaged with more than 90 countries over nine days at various meetings, according to 10 Downing St.
At the pair's meeting, they agreed to changes to the Working Holiday/Youth Mobility Scheme, extending eligibility to people up to 35 years of age and allowing Kiwis and Brits to stay in each other's countries for three years.
Ardern also met with British Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer, the Duke of Cambridge, and spoke at the international relations think tank Chatham House.
