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The Rest Is Politics

81. Ex-New Zealand PM Helen Clark on monarchy, extreme poverty, and Jacinda Ardern

The Rest Is Politics

Goalhanger

News, Politics, Government

4.5 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Alastair and Rory are joined by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark to discuss democracy, the rise of populism, the Monarchy, the importance of arts and culture, the United Nations development programmes and much, much more. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen + Theo Young-Smith Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to another special episode of The Restisted Politics with me, Anastakamble.

0:12.6

And me, Rory Stewart.

0:14.6

And I say special because we've got a very special guest.

0:17.1

We're thrilled to have another former Prime Minister, another female former Prime Minister,

0:23.0

another Antipodian former Prime Minister in the form of Helen Clark who was Prime Minister

0:28.6

of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, who was leader of the Labour Party in New Zealand.

0:35.8

I think I'm right in saying for even longer than my old boss was leader of the Labour Party

0:39.5

here.

0:40.5

You've leader of the Labour Party for 15 years.

0:42.4

And have stayed very, very involved in public policy.

0:46.1

You chaired the World Health Organization inquiry into COVID.

0:50.4

You are very into the whole extractive industries and how that might relate to climate.

0:57.1

And you buzz around the world doing all sorts of things.

1:00.4

And one thing I know that Rory wants to talk about in particular is the head of UNDP

1:06.4

focused on the United Nations Development Programme.

1:09.9

But you come to us to this splendid jazz club somewhere in Soho, hotfoot from Prime Minister's

1:17.4

questions.

1:18.4

I'm amazed that you even...

1:19.4

I mean, why did you want to go and watch it, Helen?

1:21.9

I love Prime Minister's questions.

1:24.2

I still see the snippets on the BBC News when I'm home.

1:28.1

And I first began popping into PMQ when I was a student on a scholarship in London in 1976

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