Green energy push a chance for mining sector to reshape dull and dirty image, Sydney conference hears
Effort to end fossil fuels may bring rapid industry expansion and chance to stop workers leaving ‘in droves’, EITI chair Helen Clark says
November 2021
You’ll never have a drug-free society, expert warns UK
Consortium on drugs policy blasts Home Office for approach to tackling narcotic abuse
May 2021
Covid pandemic was preventable, says WHO-commissioned report
Independent panel castigates global leaders and calls for major changes to ensure it cannot happen again
January 2021
Global Covid report: Biden camp rejects Trump changes to travel restrictions
Incoming US administration criticises move to remove entry bans as independent panel criticises WHO for not declaring emergency until 30 January
July 2020
WHO's Covid-19 inquiry is a shrewd move in a sea of disinformation
Helen Clark: WHO coronavirus inquiry aims to 'stop the world being blindsided again'
November 2019
Helen Clark: 'I’d like to think I was ahead of my time'
Interviewed about her plans for retirement, the former Aotearoa New Zealand prime minister says the word is not in her vocabulary
June 2019
'Not welcome' in Australia: from Tampa refugee to Fulbright scholar, via New Zealand
Tampa refugee taken in by New Zealand wins Fulbright scholarship
May 2019
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark slams treatment of women in sport
Clark says women love playing sport but inequality results in them being left behind
March 2019
World leaders condemn 'sickening' terrorism in New Zealand
Leaders offer support to victims of mosque attacks and criticise rise of Islamophobia
February 2019
Rise of the 'strongman': Dozens of female world leaders warn women's rights being eroded
Open-letter signatory Susana Malcorra says women ‘need to be very prepared to fight back’ amid global political shift
June 2018
Jacinda Ardern shows that no doors are closed to women
Helen Clark
New Zealand is breaking new ground with a prime minister giving birth and her partner becoming a stay-at-home father
March 2018
'The House of Cards of the UN': Helen Clark film reveals a shadowy world
My Year With Helen tells a story of leadership, women and power through the prism of the UN secretary general selection process
October 2017
Can Jacinda Ardern live up to Helen Clark’s legacy as New Zealand PM?
Toby Manhire
Despite the ‘Jacinda effect’ Labour has failed to fire up voters. But, like her former boss and mentor, the new leader has been routinely underestimated, says former Guardian Comment editor Toby Manhire
September 2017
The UN is failing – states must back off and give its leader the power to act
Helen Clark
The former New Zealand premier and top UN official says the organisation cannot hope to end today’s crises while it is hamstrung by micro-management
June 2017
Helen Clark: I hit my first glass ceiling at the UN
Interview: The former New Zealand prime minister says the rejection of her bid to become the next UN secretary general was a blow for women, but the security council weren’t looking for an ‘independent-minded leader’
