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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern engaged to Clarke Gayford | New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern engaged to Clarke Gayford |
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is engaged to her long-term partner, television presenter Clarke Gayford, a spokesman has confirmed. | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is engaged to her long-term partner, television presenter Clarke Gayford, a spokesman has confirmed. |
News of the couple's engagement emerged after Ms Ardern was seen at a ceremony on Friday wearing a diamond ring on the middle finger of her left hand. | News of the couple's engagement emerged after Ms Ardern was seen at a ceremony on Friday wearing a diamond ring on the middle finger of her left hand. |
A hawk-eyed journalism intern spied the new addition and asked the prime minister's office about it. | |
Her spokesman then confirmed that the pair got engaged over Easter. | |
Last year, Ms Ardern gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Neve Te Aroha. | Last year, Ms Ardern gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Neve Te Aroha. |
Earlier this January, Ms Ardern was asked by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire if she would ever propose to Mr Gayford. | Earlier this January, Ms Ardern was asked by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire if she would ever propose to Mr Gayford. |
"No I would not ask, no. I want to put him through the pain and torture of having to agonise about that question himself," she said. | "No I would not ask, no. I want to put him through the pain and torture of having to agonise about that question himself," she said. |
Ms Ardern was the second world leader to give birth while in office. The first was the late Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's two-time prime minister. | Ms Ardern was the second world leader to give birth while in office. The first was the late Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's two-time prime minister. |
She said at the time that Mr Gayford would assume the role of a stay-at-home dad. | She said at the time that Mr Gayford would assume the role of a stay-at-home dad. |
"I'm very, very lucky," she told Radio NZ. | "I'm very, very lucky," she told Radio NZ. |
"I have a partner who can be there alongside me, who's taking up a huge part of that joint responsibility because he's a parent too, he's not a babysitter." | "I have a partner who can be there alongside me, who's taking up a huge part of that joint responsibility because he's a parent too, he's not a babysitter." |
According to local media outlets, Ms Ardern and Mr Gayford first met at an awards event in 2012. | According to local media outlets, Ms Ardern and Mr Gayford first met at an awards event in 2012. |
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