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February 16, 2025
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains that Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, should have consulted Wellington before signing a “partnership” deal with China. “[Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown] seems to have signed behind the backs of his own people as well as of ... <a title="‘Clandestine’ Cook Islands-China deal ‘damaged’ NZ relationship, says Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/16/clandestine-cook-islands-china-deal-damaged-nz-relationship-says-clark/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Clandestine’ Cook Islands-China deal ‘damaged’ NZ relationship, says Clark">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
By Jo Moir, RNZ News political editor, and Craig McCulloch, deputy political editor New Zealand’s Labour Party is demanding Winston Peters be stood down as Foreign Minister for opening up the government to legal action over his “totally unacceptable” attack on a prominent AUKUS critic. In an interview on RNZ’s Morning Report today, Peters criticised ... <a title="NZ Foreign Minister Peters accused of ‘entirely defamatory’ remarks about ex-Australian minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/nz-foreign-minister-peters-accused-of-entirely-defamatory-remarks-about-ex-australian-minister/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Foreign Minister Peters accused of ‘entirely defamatory’ remarks about ex-Australian minister">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Helen Clark, how I miss you. The former New Zealand Prime Minister — the safest pair of hands this country has had in living memory — gave a masterclass on the importance of maintaining an independent foreign policy when she spoke at an AUKUS symposium held in Parliament’s old Legislative Chambers ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Helen Clark on why AUKUS isn’t in New Zealand’s national interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/eugene-doyle-helen-clark-on-why-aukus-isnt-in-new-zealands-national-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Helen Clark on why AUKUS isn’t in New Zealand’s national interest">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who led the UN Development Programme which oversees UNRWA, told RNZ Morning Report today it was the biggest platform for getting humanitarian aid into Gaza for a populations that is 85 percent displaced. People are on the verge on starvation and going without medical supplies, ... <a title="Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former PM Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/30/defunding-unrwa-will-cause-gazans-more-misery-and-suffering-warns-former-pm-clark/" aria-label="Read more about Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former PM Clark">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has joined a chorus of global development and political figures defending the United Nations “lifeline” for more than two million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip enclave. Declaring New Zealand should stick to its three-year funding agreement with the UN relief agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), ... <a title="Palestinian agency condemns funding cuts as ‘ collective punishment’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/28/palestinian-agency-condemns-funding-cuts-as-collective-punishment/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian agency condemns funding cuts as ‘ collective punishment’">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2023
RNZ News Jacinda Ardern will largely be remembered in Aotearoa New Zealand as the prime minister whose pandemic-era policies saved thousands of Kiwi lives, according to former prime minister Helen Clark. And she will also be considered an example of how to govern in the age of social media and endless crises, political experts say, ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/jacinda-arderns-legacy-for-nz-unique-covid-19-strategy-saved-many-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand has become hugely polarised and it is little wonder Jacinda Ardern has decided to call it a day, says Helen Clark. The former New Zealand prime minister and Labour Party leader is no stranger to the ups and downs of politics. However, she said current politicians faced vitriol 24/7 thanks ... <a title="Former NZ PM Helen Clark calls for rethink on political debate in wake of Ardern resignation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/former-nz-pm-helen-clark-calls-for-rethink-on-political-debate-in-wake-of-ardern-resignation/" aria-label="Read more about Former NZ PM Helen Clark calls for rethink on political debate in wake of Ardern resignation">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is supporting aid agencies’ decision to halt operations in Afghanistan, and a UN official has urged the Taliban to reverse its ban on women humanitarian workers. The country’s Taliban administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) not to let female staff work ... <a title="Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/helen-clark-condemns-taliban-ban-on-female-foreign-aid-workers/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2021
RNZ News Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says the global handling of the covid-19 pandemic is marred with failures, gaps and delays. Clark is a co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and is urging nations to spend less time debating commas in committees and instead get on with implementing ... <a title="Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/former-nz-prime-minister-helen-clark-chides-global-pandemic-failures/" aria-label="Read more about Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
RNZ News Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark says the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan shows “a catastrophic failure of intelligence in Western foreign policy” and to say that she is pessimistic about the country’s future would be an understatement. Taliban insurgents have entered Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani has fled Afghanistan, bringing the Islamist ... <a title="Former PM Helen Clark says Taliban control ‘massive step backwards’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/former-pm-helen-clark-says-taliban-control-massive-step-backwards/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Helen Clark says Taliban control ‘massive step backwards’">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Meriana Johnsen, RNZ News political reporter It was supposed to chart a new way forward but He Puapua, a report on how the government can uphold tangata whenua rights by giving affect to tino rangatiratanga, has become bogged down in the swamp of politics. New Zealand was one of four countries that voted ... <a title="He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/he-puapua-report-proposals-bogged-down-in-swamp-of-politics/" aria-label="Read more about He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2021
By RNZ News An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial covid-19 outbreak, and criticised the World Health Organisation (WHO) for not declaring an international emergency until 30 January. The experts reviewing the global handling of the pandemic, led by former New Zealand ... <a title="Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/19/helen-clark-led-covid-19-review-panel-calls-for-global-reset-over-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic">Read more</a>
