Grant Robertson - Personal Life

Personal Life

Robertson lives in Northland, Wellington, with his partner Alf, whom he met through playing rugby together for the Wellington-based Crazy Knights, New Zealand's first gay rugby team. After 10 years in a relationship, they held a civil union ceremony in January 2009.

Robertson is the grandson of Bob Wilkie, who ran unsuccessfully for Labour in the Wairarapa electorate in 1954 and 1957.

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