New Zealand's catholic leader says Pope Francis' legacy will live on under the church's new leader. 

69-year-old Robert Prevost was elected the new pontiff after the fourth ballot of the conclave yesterday, taking the name Leo XIV. 

He is the first Pope from the United States and the first from the Augustinian order of the church. 

New Zealand Archbishop John Dew voted in the conclave, and says in the ten days of meetings leading up to the vote, they discussed what's needed in the church and the world today. 

He says everyone was saying while they can't have a copy of Pope Francis, his initiatives should continue. 

He told Jack Tame the new pope has been a natural fit.  

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