Helengrad

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Helengrad is a satirical or pejorative term applied to New Zealand's capital city Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's Fifth Labour Government. It was employed by the Labour Party's opponents and critics to underscore the perceived characteristics and political climate of Wellington during Clark's tenure, often extending to reflect the entirety of New Zealand at the time.

In January 2008, the neologism Helengrad, "a noun used to describe the iron grip of New Zealand's prime minister over Wellington", was reported as having made Australia's Macquarie online dictionary among 85 other new words.^[1]