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
The service is designed to be a celebration of David's life with tributes from a wide range of family, friends and contributions from groups David spent his life working with,
The task now is for arrangements to be made which will ensure stable government in New Zealand for the next three years.
As I said on election night, the result of voting appeared to give the Labor Party the opportunity to begin negotiations to form a new government.
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.
Winston has never taken any great interest in foreign policy, so that one looks a bit more remote.
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,
Having reached the top he retained those characteristics of modesty and humility in victory which endeared him to us all and brought him respect from his greatest rivals,
Further talks to progress arrangements around forming a government are likely to be held in the coming week.
I don't accept that stereotype. I do see my style as being one of strong leadership.
I got interest rates down - 15 and a half per cent in 1988 to seven and a half when I left, ... Madam!
I have every confidence that this government... will be durable and will enable us to offer strong progressive and stable government,
I have left it there. I accepted the pilot's apology when it was offered to me.
To have two big and powerful countries like the United States and Britain to walk outside the framework... there is going to be lot of soul searching now at the United Nations' Security Council, and within NATO, and within the European Union about what this means for the future,
You have a plan, a set of objectives, you get the plan agreed, its now up to the governments to put it into action,