Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is promising to provide her personal insights into the 2016 US presidential election when she visits New Zealand in May.

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Ms Clinton is scheduled to speak at an event in Auckland.

'An Evening with Hillary Rodham Clinton' will take place on Monday 7 May.

A press release said she would give a "candid account" of what happened in US politics during the presidential election.

Prices to attend the event start from $195 and go up to $495 for a VIP ticket.

Ms Clinton will also speak in Melbourne and Sydney later that week.

She last visited New Zealand in 2010, while serving as secretary of state.