Ahead of his gigs in New Zealand in March, Ed Sheeran jokingly asked the prime minister if she could grant him citizenship. He got an unexpected reply.

Jacinda Ardern replied in video format to Ed Sheeran's "informal" request via her official Wellington Chamber Twitter account.

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The first two questions are references to New Zealand culture. "Pineapple Lumps" are a kind of popular chocolate-covered pineapple-flavoured sweet, and "jandals" are the Kiwi term for flip-flops.

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Ardern's third and final question, "Are you willing to make New Zealand your home" is more political. Her party ran on a platform of cracking down on wealthy foreigners essentially buying citizenship with no intention of becoming resident in New Zealand, most notably Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal and advisor to Donald Trump.

Ed Sheeran had best brush up on his New Zealand trivia.

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