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
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,
There is also a marked global trend towards sustainable agriculture, building on traditional methods which use fewer chemical inputs, carefully manage soil and water resources, and work hand-in-hand with nature.
We've got 40 000 places in our working holiday scheme for young people of other countries to come work and live in our country on a receptacle basis.
So as other people poach our people, we have to poach other people because we want to have an economy that works well.
I think we should see what's happening in the currency, which is still strong, as positive for exporting.
It gives us credibility, ... and links us to a system of support in school improvement.
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.