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Prime Minister Helen Clark: 2002 election campaign

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Prime Minister Helen Clark: 2002 election campaign

Helen Clark, the first woman to become prime minister in New Zealand following an election, came to power in 1999. This pamphlet was produced for her campaign in the following election, held in 2002. Clark's government retained office then and in 2005.

Courtesy of the New Zealand Labour Party

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-Labour-1998/1999

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Peter Aimer, Labour Party – Fourth, fifth and sixth Labour governments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/34044/prime-minister-helen-clark-2002-election-campaign (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Aimer, published 31 October 2011, updated 1 January 2023.