Helen Clark News

Is the PM losing touch? Fri, 17 Oct 2008 Opinion Click photo to enlarge Prime Minister Helen Clark oversees the setting up Party Vote hoardings.

Prime Minister Helen Clark has stepped into a custody battle over a New Zealand child taken to Turkey by his mother 18 months ago.

TELLLING FIBS? National Party leader John Key told "an outright fib" to more than a million viewers during Tuesday night's leaders debate, Prime Minister Helen Clark has claimed.

A pet food company has come up with a novel way of gauging the public mood ahead of New Zealand's election - which political leader would you like to see fed to the dogs? Masterpet has made rubber chew toys for ...

Labour has announced plans to open up areas of public land in pricey areas such as Auckland so modest income earners can build their own homes.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 1:05 pm Press Release: Television New Zealand AUCKLAND, 15 October 2008 – More than one million New Zealanders watched the groundbreaking ONE News YouTube Election Debate when ...

Helen Clark laid into National leader John Key's performance in last night's head to head debate today saying it was lucky he didn't cry and accusing him of having a tantrum.

John Key should be pleased with himself this morning. National's leader has pushed his party's election campaign up there with Labour's after being in its shadow for the first three days.

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and opposition leader John Key championed their economic credentials in a fiery election debate.

National's finance spokesman Bill English has voiced some reservations about the Government's plans to offer a guarantee of $150 billion in retail banking deposits.

The Government is investing $12.5 million in the Otago Institute of Design, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced in Dunedin today.

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has dismissed as "absurd" an incident involving the questioning of a high-ranking New Zealand police officer over an incident in Fiji.

Despite a weekend of international financial crisis talks, New Zealand investors appear to have remained despondent with the sharemarket losing more ground in early trade.

Continued anxiety is likely to dominate the New Zealand stock market today, the first market start trading, as domestic and world leaders scrambled over the weekend to come up with a coherent plan to stabilize ...

The New Zealand Government has followed Australia in guaranteeing all bank deposits for the next two years.

Dunedin South MP David Benson-Pope has confirmed he will not stand in the election.

The Government is developing a package to help New Zealand face the international financial crisis.

Australia and New Zealand gave a blanket guarantee to all bank deposits Sunday in a move likely to raise pressure on other economies to do the same, amid a crisis of confidence in the global financial system.

Prime Minister Helen Clark today reacted to the economic crisis saying the Government had a plan to cope, including implementing a deposit guarantee scheme.

Is it "a dog of a package" or a cautious, responsible programme to help New Zealand through difficult times? Prime Minister Helen Clark and National's leader John Key couldn't be further apart if they tried.