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Helen Elizabeth Clark ONZ SSI PC (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, and was the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was New Zealand's fifth-longest-serving Prime Minister, and the second woman to hold that office.

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Of course as a small country you're not necessarily in the strongest negotiating position unless you're negotiating with other small countries.

Country, Position, Strongest, Course, Small, Unless

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

Serious, Gender Equality, Gender, Towards, Shift

In terms of protecting ourselves, the main issues are around how do we protect our borders [from illegal migrants and livestock and plant diseases], how do we protect our fisheries?

Borders, Diseases, Issues, Migrants, Plant

I think it's inevitable that New Zealand will become a republic and that would reflect the reality that New Zealand is a totally sovereign-independent 21st century nation 12,000 miles from the United Kingdom.

Independent, Reality, Thinking, Century, Inevitable

Never look back. Move on. Aim high. Etc.

Moving, Looks, Etc, Back, Look

Of course I have an opinion on many things but I don't micromanage.

Course, Courses, Micromanage, Opinion, Things

No country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality.

Country, Full Potential, Female, Full, Enjoy

I don't know that you're ever going to persuade New Zealanders that they're not going to own their own homes and I'm not going to try.

Home, Homes, Know, Knows, Persuade, Trying

Innovation applied across the board of development is having a huge impact, and can have more. All sorts of technology can provide shortcuts, can overcome obstacles which once seemed insuperable.

Board, Impact, Innovation, Obstacles, Provide, Technology

New Zealand's been pretty quiet on human rights issues, which we will be taking rather more interest in, and in international labor issues.

Rights, Issues, Quiet, Labor, Human

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with.

Life Is Too Short, Roles, Passionate, Short, Take

Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding.

Country, Loss, Management, National Parks, Rate, Slowing

If ordinary means I have suddenly got to produce a household of kids and iron Peter's shirts, I'm sorry, I'm not interested.

Kids, Mean, Ordinary, Sorry

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

Strong, Lying, Aversion, Snobbery, Deeply

I've been round Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China in the last few months and the message that I've been taking is that New Zealand is building an up market dynamic into a connected economy. And that we are not the old-fashioned, ship mutton kind of product the people associate their export in work.

Japan, Korea, People, Associate

We need innovation. We need great ideas that can be simply and effectively produced all over the place.

Ideas, Innovation, Needs, Simply, Produced

Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks.

Marine, Fishes, Regeneration, Stocks, Particularly, Areas

When women are able to live in a safe and secure environment, they can participate effectively in the economy and society. This helps overcome poverty, reduces inequalities and is beneficial for children's nutrition, health and school attendance. Every woman and girl has the right to live in safety in her home and community.

Girl, Children, Women, Attendance, Helps

Equity, dignity, happiness, sustainability - these are all fundamental to our lives but absent in the GDP.

Gdp, Fundamentals, Dignity, Happiness, Sustainability, Lives

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about.

Passionate, Roles, Take

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