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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern plans summer wedding

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern plans summer wedding

She and her fiancé have a two-year-old daughter and got engaged in 2019.
05 May, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to get married during summer but did not disclose the date, local media reported on Wednesday.

Ardern told Coast Radio that she and her partner television host Clarke Gayford have "finally got a date" for the wedding, New Zealand Herald said in a report.

"That doesn't mean we've told anyone yet, so I feel like we should probably put some invites out," Ardern was quoted as saying by the report.

Ardern, 40, got engaged to Gayford, 44, during the Easter holidays in 2019 and they have a two-year-old daughter.

The wedding being planned in summer, which runs from December to February in the southern hemisphere, might not be celebrated in the traditional way as Ardern admitted she "feels a bit too old to have a bridal party", media reports quoted her as saying.

There is "nothing further to add over what has been reported this morning", a spokesman in the prime minister's office told Reuters.

Ardern became New Zealand's youngest prime minister when she took office in 2017 and is one of the few elected leaders to hold office while pregnant.

She returned to power last October delivering the biggest election victory for her centre-left Labour Party in half a century largely due to her government's decisive response to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

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SAk May 05, 2021 05:00pm
Why they want to get married? They already have a daughter.
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Rania May 05, 2021 05:07pm
One leader from the western world genuinely deserving of respect and good wishes. Congratulations and a joyous life ahead.
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Azhar Ahmad May 05, 2021 05:23pm
@ SAK. Stupid comment, go back under the rock you have been living in for past century
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Khaled May 05, 2021 05:26pm
Great.
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Shah Alam Khan May 05, 2021 05:38pm
Now, the moral brigade from Pakistan will start teaching them values, religion blah, blah, blah...
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Asif A. Shah May 05, 2021 05:42pm
Best of luck to Jacinda and her boyfriend!
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Manoj May 05, 2021 05:48pm
@SAk Very Correct. Is Kind of Post facto Approval done in case Emergencies ie Work was Got done as was required to be done immediately and later Formalities were got done like Proposal Approval, Estimate Approval , Budgeting etc
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Rahim May 05, 2021 05:52pm
Young PM and unmarried too. Bold young leader. We should make Emperor Babar PM.
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LgbtqX May 05, 2021 06:05pm
Wedding after the baby is the way to go.
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Chrís Dăn May 05, 2021 06:20pm
She is a great lady. Bliss.
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Chrís Dăn May 05, 2021 06:20pm
@SAk their life-their choice.
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Taj Ahmad May 05, 2021 06:39pm
Great couple, great family and great Prime Minister of New Zealand.
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Ahmed khan lehri May 05, 2021 06:47pm
When they already had every fun and even produced kids then what's the fun in getting married. But it's Western world where things move a bit reverse , kids are produced before marriage.
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Zak May 05, 2021 06:58pm
Jucinda, Imran khan and Trudeau are the 3 best leaders in the world.
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Zak May 05, 2021 06:58pm
@SAk Why they want to get married? They already have a daughter. More tax allowances as married couple.
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Seedoo May 05, 2021 07:04pm
By the time they get married, daughter will be old enough to do the wedding chores.
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Javed May 05, 2021 07:08pm
Will their daughter be the bridesmaid.
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Javed May 05, 2021 07:13pm
@SAk that was a miracle birth.
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Morning Star May 05, 2021 07:22pm
@SAk Why they want to get married? They already have a daughter. Its West we are talking about here, not East. In west its common to live as a partner and decide later to get married.
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Debkumar Barendrapunggab May 05, 2021 07:40pm
Wow.... They have a daughter? Then how the marriage will come? Is it a wrong story? Correct your write-ups.
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Rashtra India May 05, 2021 07:55pm
What rubbish.
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F May 05, 2021 07:56pm
So the child is illegal ????. Deeply shocked to learn about a leader I admired.
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Patriot May 05, 2021 08:01pm
@SAk May be to file divorce like Bil Gates
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Ace May 05, 2021 10:39pm
Congratulations and best wishes in advance.
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Changez Khan May 05, 2021 10:56pm
The world should celebrate her wedding, she deserves the recognition. Great lady.
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Zahida May 05, 2021 11:36pm
@Shah Alam Khan well said
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Ahsan Gul May 05, 2021 11:49pm
Great lady. We wish her happiness and a successful marriage life from the Heart ❤️. Sincerely
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Nazar hussain May 05, 2021 11:58pm
I am astonished to know that they have a daugter of 2 years old and now planning to get married.
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Hadi May 06, 2021 12:49am
Congratulations to Jacinda and her partner, may you both live a happy and prosperous life together.
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Sal- Canada May 06, 2021 12:57am
@F "So the child is illegal ????. Deeply shocked to learn about a leader I admired. " As per western morality standards, that is normal and acceptable.
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Ranjit May 06, 2021 01:04am
No character
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Jalal May 06, 2021 01:27am
Time for Pakistanis to apply NZ visas to attend the wedding .
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Guzni May 06, 2021 01:44am
Wonder lady. All the best wishes.
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Amanat Hussain May 06, 2021 03:47am
@Azhar Ahmad Oh, here came the advocate of west and ambassador of modernity.
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Kolsat May 06, 2021 05:20am
@SAk No matter what anyone says I agree with you. She and her partner have been together for some years now and have been happy. Will marriage add more happiness? They should stay as happy as they are and raise their daughter well.
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momtaz May 06, 2021 06:24am
Congratulations and wish you a happy marriage
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tuk May 06, 2021 06:25am
They don't hide their affairs like we do and give same respect to children born in wedlock or out of it or adopted. Better and more honest people overall than us.
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Toni May 06, 2021 07:22am
So proud of this couple and especially of her leadership, bless them; lucky NZ, may they enjoy the simplicity of celebrations as wished and wished by many around the world possibly.
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QURESHI ANJUM PERVEZ May 06, 2021 07:32am
@F get over it!
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Ash May 06, 2021 07:40am
@SAK: surely you do not know anything about western life style and all accepted norms there.
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Shaby May 06, 2021 10:29am
You have our best wishes.
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M. Saeed May 06, 2021 01:14pm
Even in some African countries, a marriage is only allowed if the pair has proved being productive. Otherwise, they just move away after the trial period.
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Uzair May 06, 2021 02:00pm
@F a child can never be illegal. Any law that claims that is fundamentally immoral. That parents should strive to provide a stable home for children is fine, but to label a child is such is unacceptable.
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Sarfraz May 06, 2021 03:38pm
@SAk valid question ..there are certain rights of children and their parents in every culture which can not be had unless the marriage of a couple is registered...
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SKZ May 07, 2021 08:01am
Good planning.. Now their daughter can also witness and enjoy their parents wedding.
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Rao soofia May 07, 2021 10:30am
Heartiest congratulations to the lovely couple & to the cute lil baby
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Uyghyr ahmadi May 09, 2021 01:46am
Role model for Pakistani girls.
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