Jacinda Ardern replies to boy who gave budget advice on beds for sick kids 15 May, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Cooper Sinclair wrote to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about funding beds at Starship's PICU ward. Photo / Dean Purcell Cooper Sinclair wrote to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about funding beds at Starship's PICU ward. Photo / Dean Purcell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has responded to an 11-year-old boy's letter urging more Government support for Auckland's children's hospital, Starship. But the reply has left the kind-hearted boy with more questions than answers, while his mother has described the PM's response as "disappointing". Cooper Sinclair wrote to the Prime Minister with his own budgeting advice after his sick cousin Max had open heart surgery delayed five times because of a shortage of beds in the children's pediatric intensive ward (PICU) at Starship.