Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern snaps up $5.3m home in Dee Why

September 22, 2026 — 4:35pm

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There’s been no shortage of intrigue surrounding former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern since she and her TV presenter husband Clarke Gayford arrived on Australian shores this year.

Most of it, of course, has been focused squarely on the high-profile couple’s house-hunting efforts. Well, it would seem the search is finally over.

The couple has bought a $5.3 million home in Dee Why on Sydney’s northern beaches, according to people familiar with the purchase, in a transaction that represents the biggest sale the suburb has recorded this year.

The sale brings to an end months of speculation over where the couple would choose to settle on the city’s northern beaches.

Regular readers will no doubt recall when CBD brought word that one real estate agent to open their doors to Ardern was Michelle Galletti, of Cunninghams on the northern beaches. At the time, we were hearing Ardern was developing a taste for Curl Curl. But it sounds like Galletti lost out to........

© The Sydney Morning Herald