9 Sep 2022

Former PM Helen Clark reflects on the passing of the Queen

From Nine To Noon, 9:35 am on 9 September 2022
Queen Elizabeth, pictured with then-prime minister Helen Clark, meets with the Team New Zealand skipper at the time, Dean Barker, during her last visit to New Zealand

Queen Elizabeth, pictured with then-prime minister Helen Clark, meets with the Team New Zealand skipper at the time, Dean Barker, during her last visit to New Zealand Photo: AFP

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark met the Queen many times in her time as 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008

Clark says she found the monarch intelligent and well-read, though she was always careful not to express an opinion on any political matter.