Prime
Minister Jacinda Ardern's partner Clarke Gayford has described his
"surreal" first days as New Zealand's "first gent".
Gayford
said he "was shaking uncontrollably" as September's election results
came in, and wrote about the couple's cat nearly derailing Ms Ardern's first
call with US President Donald Trump.
It
started before the election, when Gayford picked up the subtle hints his life
was about to change.
"I
mean it's hard not to notice when your partner suddenly has three suited,
handsome, well-trained (and groomed) men following her every move," he
says in the Spinoff.
"Meanwhile
I didn't even own a proper suit, although I have since remedied this - via
Hallensteins."
He
said his partner ordered a takeaway curry on their first night in the prime
minister's residence, but it never arrived because "they had assumed it
was a prank call".
Ms
Ardern, of the Labour party, is the country's youngest female leader. At 37 she
is its youngest prime minister since 1856.
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