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Thirty years ago the Third Labour Government led by Rt Hon Norman Kirk established diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China.

Address to the US Chamber of Commerce-Asia Society, Union Club, New York

Tonight’s relatively simple act of signing is the culmination of more than a decade’s effort by New Zealand and many other countries to find an effective response to climate change.

New Challenges for New Zealand in the International Arena

Europe is changing fast, and the mass migration from there to New Zealand occurred several generations ago. If we don’t take care to nurture the relationship, we will end up being out of touch with the new developments.

Helen Clark's address to the New Zealand Asia Institute on relations between New Zealand and China

Today we gather together to remember those of all nations who died, were injured in, or were traumatised by the terrorist bombing of Bali.

This conference has had a very wide ranging agenda. You’ve looked at the economic outlook around the region, the implications of the difficulties in parts of Latin America at the present time, you’ve looked at corporate governance, and the financial market issues, energy, technology, security.

Mr Speaker

My window on the plastics industry comes from having Premier Plastics in my electorate. It has been fantastic to see its growth and progress in recent years and its success in exporting – and it’s not alone.

Helen Clark's address to the New Zealand Pan Asian Congress

Helen Clark's address to the New Zealand Institute of Directors' Corporate Governance Summit at the Carlton Hotel in Auckland

Helen Clark's address to the New zealand Institute of Directors' Corporate Governance Summit

President Gusmao first came to New Zealand in June 2000, less than a year after his release from prison in Indonesia and less than a year after the traumatic events which followed the vote of the East Timorese people for independence.

It is my pleasure to join you in celebrating the official opening of the Novotel Capital Wellington.

Pathways to the Future has been developed after intense consultation between the government, the early childhood education sector, academics, and parents. We now need to continue that collaboration so that the implementation of the strategy can be as successful as its development has been.

Thank you for the invitation to speak at this opening session of the conference today.

Thank you also at the outset for the contribution which those who provide international education are making to New Zealand.

Thank you for inviting me to this opening ceremony for the Wairarapa Youth Arts Festival.

Today is a special day for another reason too : it is the first anniversary of the appalling terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington DC.

Around 3000 innocent people lost their lives on 11 September 2001. This date has been forever etched into our memories. The world will never forget the tragedy which took place. Those attacks were acts of utterly incomprehensible violence which shook us all profoundly.

As a past academic in this field, and as a current practitioner in government, I have a considerable interest in this initiative, which brings together and draws on the various different disciplines which are at the heart of government processes and deliberations.

Today we celebrate the launch of the second book in the series of oral histories of New Zealanders’ experiences in World War Two.

Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today. I am aware that the University of Cape Town upheld a vision of a non-racial university as apartheid closed in on South Africa after the Second World War.

The New Zealand delegation has come to this summit to lend its voice to the cause of sustainability.

We come knowing that the ecosystem of our planet is under considerable stress.

Congratulations to you again, Mr Speaker, on your re-election to your high office.

Congratulations to the new Deputy Speaker, Ann Hartley, known to me from her time in local government in Auckland.