It’s a very good moment for Jacinda Ardern. The charismatic former prime minister of New Zealand, who resigned by surprise almost a year ago, married her partner, journalist Clarke Gayford, this Saturday in New Zealand. The couple, who have a daughter together, celebrated their wedding in an intimate wedding, which was delayed two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In true Chenoa and Miguel Sánchez Encinas style (although we hope that, in this case, the marriage does not end the same), the couple was forced to postpone their wedding due to the global pandemic that hit hard the first years of the third decade of the 2000s. The celebration took place in an intimate setting in the vineyards of Hawke’s Bay, in the northwest of the country, as reported by the New Zealand Herald newspaper. As for the guests, they were mainly attended by family members of the couple.
According to photos shared by the New Zealand press, Ardern appeared at the ceremony in a long wedding dress and her husband in a black suit and a tie of the same color. However, not everything was as nice as the couple expected, since a handful of anti-vaccines gathered near the wedding to protest against the former president, whose government applied harsh restriction measures against the pandemic. Be that as it may, nothing could overshadow the big day.
As for their relationship, Ardern and Gayford had a daughter in 2018 and had planned to get married in 2022, but the pandemic disrupted their plans. The former president received a great wave of admiration among young people and citizens due to the great empathy and determination that she demonstrated during her administration after the 201 supremacist attack, which caused 51 deaths in two mosques in Christchurch. On the other hand, she applied forceful measures during the covid-19 pandemic.
The restrictions made New Zealand one of the countries least affected by the virus, but also negatively affected the economy and made it difficult for thousands of citizens to return to their home country. On January 19, 2023, the politician presented her resignation by surprise and claimed exhaustion. After leaving politics, Ardern started several programs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School in the United States on leadership and extremism on the internet. He is now not only doing great on a professional level, but also on a personal level, since he has put the finishing touch to their relationship.
