A spokesperson for the 45-year-old confirmed she and husband Clarke Gayford have taken up work on our shores.

“The family has been travelling for a few years now,” the spokesperson said.

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has moved to Australia. (Getty)

”For the moment they’re basing themselves out of Australia.

“They have work there and it brings the added bonus of more time back home in New Zealand.”

The spokesperson did not confirm how long the family would be in the country or the nature of the work.

Media reports have said Ardern, Gayford and their daughter Neve were seen looking at homes on Sydney‘s Northern Beaches, in the beachside suburbs of Curl Curl and Freshwater.

The 45-year-old became prime minister of New Zealand in 2017.

She resigned from her role six years later in 2023.

She has since spent time abroad in the US, where she took up dual fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School.

She was appointed as a trustee of the Prince William’s environment award the Earthshot Prize the same year.

Ardern released her memoir A Different Kind of Power in June last year.

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