Helen Clark
Helen Clark
Helen Elizabeth Clark ONZ SSIis the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, and was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand. As Prime Minister she served three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008 and was the first woman elected at a general election as the Prime Minister, and was the fifth longest serving person to hold that office. She has been Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position, since 2009. In April 2016, she declared...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 February 1950
CityHamilton, New Zealand
It gives us credibility, ... and links us to a system of support in school improvement.
I think we should see what's happening in the currency, which is still strong, as positive for exporting.
I think this is going to take quite some time to work through simply because the writs (final results) won't be until two Fridays' time,
It is of concern that when that becomes known it might provoke further disorder.
Well, we don't think for a moment that either the U.S. or Australia are out to damage the New Zealand economy, but if there were a sustained period in which they had a free-trade agreement and New Zealand didn't have that same arrangement with the States, that could be both trade- and investment-distorting.
I'm humbled that we have the opportunity to begin negotiations to form a new government. I want to thank all those who supported us today across New Zealand's many communities,
Someone had to break the impasse; we've broken the impasse, ... Someone had to agree to take them.
My objective now is to begin negotiations that will enable us to lead a government which brings New Zealanders together,
looking for as broad a base of support and for as stable a government as possible.
We can take pride ... in being nuclear free and in having the strength and independence not to send our young people off to fight in unjust wars,
Well, look, that's not for me to judge. I have a completely different style.
Well, there have been periods in the past when prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were at each others' throats publicly and frequently. That's not productive at all.
The Prime Minister is head of team but its not a one woman act. I've been called all those things. Intellectual, sharp-tongued, all true. But what New Zealander is like is to know that someone is in charge and in the end the buck stops with the Prime Minister.
We're a nation in search of an identity, but it's quite exciting. I don't regard it as a problem. It's a challenge.