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In this image supplied by Dame Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern embraces her husband Clarke Gayford at their wedding in Havelock North, New Zealand, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. After almost five years of engagement and a postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ardern has married longtime partner Gayford in a private ceremony at a central North Island winery. (Felicity Jean Photography via AP)

After years of delays, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ties the knot

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FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures as she gives her victory speech to Labour Party members at an event in Auckland, New Zealand, Oct. 17, 2020. The former New Zealand Prime Minister, Ardern will work alongside leaders from Conservation International to advocate for climate action and improve people's treatment of the environment. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

New Zealand’s ex-Premier Jacinda Ardern will join conservation group to rally for environment action

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint news conference with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, July 8, 2022. On Monday, June 5, 2023, former Prime Minister Ardern received one of New Zealand's highest honors for her service leading the country through a mass shooting and pandemic. Ardern was made a Dame Grand Companion, the second-highest honor in New Zealand, as part of King Charles III's Birthday and Coronation Honours. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Jacinda Ardern given a top New Zealand honor for her service during shooting, pandemic

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks in Ratana, New Zealand, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Labour Party lawmakers voted unanimously Sunday for Hipkins to take over as prime minister, and he will be sworn in Wednesday. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Chris Hipkins sworn in as New Zealand’s 41st prime minister

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

FILE - New Zealand Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern grimaces as she announces her resignation at a press conference in Napier, New Zealand Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister after he was the only candidate to replace Jacinda Ardern. (Warren Buckland/New Zealand Herald via AP, File)

Ardern’s surprise resignation: It’s refreshing when a politician knows when to quit

By Cal Thomas

Education Minister Chris Hipkins speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in Wellington, New Zealand. Hipkins called for an investigation after reports that a student's body lay undiscovered in a university dorm room for nearly eight weeks.(AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Chris Hipkins to be New Zealand’s next prime minister, replacing Jacinda Ardern

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures during a post-Cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Nov. 8, 2021. Ardern, whose empathetic handling of the nation’s worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic led her to become an international icon but who faced mounting criticism at home, said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, she was leaving office. (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Ardern, high-profile New Zealand leader, stepping down next month

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures during an address at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Ardern, who was praised around the world for her handling of the nation’s worst mass shooting and the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, she was leaving office. (Dean Lewins/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Jacindamania bites the dust

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint press conference with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, Australia, Friday, July 8, 2022. Ardern was caught on a hot mic Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, using a vulgarity against a rival politician in a rare misstep for a leader known for her skill at debating and calm, measured responses. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

New Zealand PM Ardern caught name-calling rival on hot mic

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ahead of a bilateral meeting in Sydney, Australia, Friday, June 10, 2022. Ardern is on a two-day visit to Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)

Australia, New Zealand unite on China’s Pacific threat

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pose with agreements they signed at the San Francisco Botanical Garden in San Francisco, Friday, May 27, 2022. Gov. Newsom met with Ardern in Golden Gate Park &quot;to establish a new international partnership tackling climate change.&quot; (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

California, New Zealand announce climate change partnership

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, is watched by COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins as she speaks about the omicron situation while visiting New Plymouth, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. New Zealand is among the few remaining countries to have avoided any outbreaks of the omicron variant — but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday an outbreak was inevitable and the nation would tighten restrictions as soon as one was detected. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Omicron spreads in New Zealand, spoiling PM’s wedding plans

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a debate about the measures to battle the coronavirus and COVID-19 at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. Germany's national disease control center reported a record-high number of more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases on Thursday as the country's parliament was set to discuss legislation that would provide a new legal framework for coronavirus measures.(Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Angela Merkel says people have ‘duty’ to get vaccinated

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives with director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield, right, for the post-Cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. New Zealand's government has acknowledged what most other countries did long ago, It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus. (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)

New Zealand admits it can no longer get rid of the coronavirus

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Police stand outside the site of a knife attack at a supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. New Zealand authorities say they shot and killed a violent extremist after he entered the supermarket and stabbed and injured six shoppers. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described Friday's incident as a terror attack. (AP Photo/Brett Phibbs)

New Zealand police kill suspected terrorist after he stabs 6 people

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this May 15, 2021, file photo, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a press conference in Wellington. U.S. President Joe Biden, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among Pacific Rim leaders gathering for a virtual meeting on Friday, July 16, 2021, to discuss strategies to help economies rebound from a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Nick Perry, File)

Pacific Rim leaders discuss economic way out of the coronavirus pandemic

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

A family ride scooters as they travel along a popular boardwalk overlooking the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. New Zealand announced a long-anticipated travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand that will allow people to travel between the two countries without going through quarantine, allowing families to reunite and giving a big boost to the struggling tourism industry will begin April 19. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

New Zealand to open travel bubble with Australia on April 19

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Ron Brierley leaves the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Brierley, one of New Zealand's most well-known businessmen, pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing child sex abuse images, including some of children as young as 2. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

New Zealand businessman guilty of having child abuse images

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

A woman, who was identified only by her initials S.A., one of three New Zealand nationals, is escorted by a Turkish police officer, left, to the local courthouse in Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. According to a statement Monday by Turkey's Defense Ministry the 26-year old woman identified as S.A. is wanted on an Interpol notice for allegedly belonging to the extremist Islamic State group. (DHA via AP)

New Zealand, Australia quarrel over Islamic State suspect

By NICK PERRY and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is interviewed in her office at the parliament in Wellington, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of almost every other nation: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambition, Prime Minister Ardern revealed Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. She said the target grew from an early realization the nation’s health system simply couldn’t cope with a big outbreak. (AP Photo/Sam James)

AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press