“Look,” she said, pointing at the sights, “where else can you get them?” . She said the couple deserved a great day.
Staff are preparing the venue where Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gifford are expected to tie the knot on Saturday.credit: Things
Former New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson and former Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard, both close friends of the former leader, are expected to attend, as are Ardern's successor and former Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
The weather is ripe for the high-profile wedding, with temperatures expected to rise to nearly 30 degrees.
It's been a long way to go before the couple's official ceremony, as the COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to their previous plans.
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A date was set for the summer of 2022, but the government, led by Ardern, tightened gathering rules due to the coronavirus variant Omicron forcing the cancellation.
“This is life,” the then Prime Minister said, adding that many people had suffered the effects of the pandemic far worse than disrupting a wedding.
“My wedding will not take place, but I join many other New Zealanders who have had an experience like this as a result of the pandemic.
“And to anyone caught in this scenario, I'm so sorry, but we're all very resilient, and I know we understand that we're doing this for each other.”
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Ardern and Gifford met at the Metro Restaurant Awards in 2012, where Ardern attended as a guest of model and TV personality Colleen Mathura Jeffery, who appeared on the cover of that month's magazine. subway magazine.
Shortly after becoming Prime Minister in 2017, Ardern announced that she was pregnant. She gave birth to her daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gifford in 2018.
The couple announced their engagement in May 2019, after an Easter holiday trip to Mahia, a beach settlement on the east coast of the North Island, near Gifford's hometown of Gisborne.
Ardern was seen with a diamond ring at a party in Pike River just a few weeks later.
