Ex-New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern marries long-time partner Clarke Gayford. Pics here
Ardern steered New Zealand through natural disasters, the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. Ardern for the past six month has been undertaking three fellowships at Harvard University.
She is a trustee of Prince William’s Earthshot Prize and a special envoy for the Christchurch Call - a network seeking to "eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online". It was set up after a massacre targeting Muslims, for which Ardern's sympathetic response won applause.
In her final speech in parliament, Ardern told Gayford, a New Zealand television presenter, "Let’s finally get married." The couple's daughter Neve, is five years old. She graced the cover of Time Magazine in 2020, and drew widespread praise after carrying baby daughter Neve with her on the floor of the United Nations general assembly.
However, her her popularity began to dip towards the end of her second term in office, driven by deteriorating economic conditions and a backlash to her government's strict Covid policies. Ardern's successor, Chris Hipkins, was trounced by conservative opponent Chris Luxon in a general election last October.
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