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She steered New Zealand through volcanic eruptions, terrorist attacks and a pandemic, won her party a record-breaking majority and, at age 37, became the world\u2019s youngest female head of government.<\/p>\n
Yet from her earliest appearances on the world stage, fans and watchers of Jacinda Ardern, 43, the former New Zealand prime minister who announced her resignation<\/a> almost exactly a year ago, have time and again returned to the same question: whether and when she and Clarke Gayford, 47, her television presenter fianc\u00e9, would tie the knot.<\/p>\n On Saturday, they finally got their answer, when the couple released official wedding portraits to the news media.<\/p>\n The ceremony, which took place at the Craggy Range vineyard, in New Zealand\u2019s spectacular Hawke\u2019s Bay, follows one canceled effort and more than five years of media speculation. In January 2019, a BBC interviewer made headlines when she pressed Ms. Ardern on whether she and Mr. Gayford would marry<\/a>, or whether she would consider proposing to Mr. Gayford if he did not pop the question, prompting accusations of sexism. Since then similar questions have dogged Ms. Ardern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n