Ardern Ties the Knot with Longtime Partner in Small Ceremony After Postponing Wedding Due to COVID
• Jacinda Ardern, former NZ Prime Minister, married long-time partner Clarke Gayford in small ceremony after postponing due to COVID • The couple got engaged in 2019 and planned to wed in 2022 but postponed due to pandemic restrictions • They married on Saturday in Hawke's Bay wine region with a small number of anti-vax protesters outside • Ardern won international praise for handling crises like Christchurch shooting, COVID pandemic as PM • She resigned unexpectedly last year; the couple has a 5-year-old daughter named Neve