Question: Information: - Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand. As Prime Minister she served three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008 and was the first woman elected at a general election as the Prime Minister, and was the fifth longest serving person to hold that office. She has been Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position, since 2009. In April 2016, she declared her candidacy for the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations. - The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand parliament . The conservative National Party , headed by its Parliamentary leader John Key , won the largest share of votes and seats , ending nine years of government by the social democratic Labour Party , led by Helen Clark . Key announced a week later that he would lead a National minority government with confidence - and - supply support from the ACT , United Future and Mori parties . The Governor - General swore Key in as New Zealand 's 38th Prime Minister on 19 November 2008 . The Green Party became the third - largest party in Parliament , with nine seats . The ACT Party came joint - fourth ( in terms of seats ) , increasing their number of seats from two to five , and reversing some of their losses from the 2005 election . The Mori Party also won five seats -- out of the seven Mori seats -- creating an overhang of two seats . The New Zealand First party , which had seven MPs in the previous parliament , failed to win any electorates or pass the 5 per cent MMP threshold , and therefore won no seats in the new parliament . In his victory speech , John Key announced the readiness of the ACT and United Future parties to co-operate with the National Party to form the next government , the Fifth National Government of New Zealand . In her concession speech , Helen Clark announced her resignation as the parliamentary leader of the Labour Party . She had led the party since 1993 , and had served as prime minister since the 1999 election . - A minority government, or minority cabinet or minority parliament, is a cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament. It is sworn into office, with or without the formal support of other parties, to enable a government to be formed. Under such a government, legislation can only be passed with the support of enough other members of the legislature to provide a majority, encouraging multi-partisanship. In bicameral parliaments, the term relates to the situation in chamber whose confidence is considered most crucial to the continuance in office of the government. - John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the New Zealand National Party. He was elected leader of the party in November 2006 and appointed Prime Minister in November 2008, resigning from both posts in December 2016. - A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from the legislature (parliament) and is also held accountable to that legislature. In a parliamentary system, the head of state is normally a different person from the head of government. This is in contrast to a presidential system in a democracy, where the head of state often is also the head of government, and most importantly, the executive branch does not derive its democratic legitimacy from the legislature. - The Prime Minister of New Zealand is the head of government of New Zealand. The current prime minister is Bill English of the National Party, who took office on 12 December 2016. - The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the United Nations is in Manhattan, New York City, and experiences extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'new zealand general election' exhibits the relationship of 'office contested'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - head of state - member - prime minister - prime minister of new zealand
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prime minister of new zealand