Choice quotes:

Clark said that Blair drew the “short straw” when it came to
raising the prospect of invasion with her, because she made it
clear that New Zealand’s participation in an invasion was off the
table. New Zealand would not be part of an invading force under
her watch.

...

Clark said that as 2002 wore on and 2003 dawned, she was
increasingly sceptical about the claims being made by the US about
Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

As indeed were most of us.

...

“Hans Blix said to me when I asked him ‘do you have any reason to
suspect that Iraq still has nuclear weapons?’ - he said, ‘none’.

“He said their inspectors had scoured the place. They had followed
up every lead they were being given by the US and UK,” Clark said.

Meeting Kofi Annan:

“When I sort of asked the devil’s advocate question along the
lines of, ‘but the US and the UK say that an invasion of Iraq to
take out Saddam Husain would be legal’ he snapped and said it
would be against international law,” Clark said, saying Annan was
“very, very firm on that”.

...

As invasion drew closer, Clark said New Zealand used the United
Nations to condemn the invasion, with Clark taking a hand in
drafting statements read by New Zealand’s representatives in New
York.

This made new Zealand somewhat unpopular in the United States.

Not for the first time ...

More here: <https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/helen-clark-on-20-years-since-iraq-war-and-why-new-zealand-didnt-join-on-the-tiles/WUDNMQJYZJG3ZNCQ6D2NABCXBQ/>

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