New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford are engaged.
A spokesman for the prime minister said the pair were engaged over Easter weekend at Mahia, a beach settlement on the North Island’s east coast, near Gayford’s hometown of Gisborne.
At a ceremony at Pike River on the West Coast on Friday, what appeared to be diamond ring was spotted on Ardern’s left hand – but on her middle finger. It’s understood she has been wearing the ring since the engagement.
Ardern, 38, and Gayford, 41, met at an awards event in 2012, and in 2018 she gave birth to their first child together, daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford, who turns one next month.
