Helen Clark Foundation

The Helen Clark Foundation (Māori: Mahi a Rongo) is a New Zealand-based independent, non-partisan public policy think tank hosted by Auckland University of Technology.

[1][2] The foundation was formed in 2019 and is named after Helen Clark, the 37th prime minister of New Zealand and former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme who serves as patron.

[4] The foundation publishes research reports about a range of important public policy issues in New Zealand on its website.

[7] These unique data sets and subsequent media coverage are collated on the foundation's website.

[11] This report recommended a range of approaches to minimise the harms from methamphetamine by addressing both supply and demand, including the removal of criminal penalties for possession of small quantities, the expansion of the Te Ara Oranga programme [1], as well as other improved treatment and rehabilitation options.