Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has spoken out against New Zealand's response to the war in Iran. Have we, you know, invaded Cameroon where there’s many human rights abuses and ongoing repression of Anglophone speakers? Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's handling of the response to the war had been "found wanting", Helen Clark said. “There’s a level of double standard and hypocrisy about this.”Clark felt several aspects of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s reaction to the Iran war had “been found wanting”. “We need a steady hand on the tiller and the verdict increasingly is that our current Prime Minister can’t provide that.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 08, 2026 14:11 UTC