Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com New Prime Minister Hipkins is currently getting a free ride with the bored media trying to promote him as an appealing fresh new broom. He’s anything but that. Take the invention of a hitherto unheard nick-name “Chippy”, this to induce a likeable character,
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ policy bonfire yesterday is exactly what the Labour Government needed to do. It sends the most powerful signal yet that with
Richard Shaw Professor of Politics Massey University With a cabinet reshuffle just a day after two polls showing Labour ahead again – in which he promoted more Maori MPs to the front bench, created a new Minister for Auckland portfolio and drew a line under the previous administration by demoting several
As I predicted earlier, removing the fuel tax and RUC cuts has proved too difficult for the Government to even contemplate. With Hipkins’s promise to focus on the cost of living, removing the fuel tax and excise was going to see prices at the pump rocket up by a
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Former Education Minister and now Prime Minister Chris Hipkins must front up and explain the poorly communicated overkill decision to close every Auckland school. Mayor Wayne Brown has been smashed for late decision making and poor communication during the Auckland floods. The Prime Minister is
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Kassie Mackay Politics whakatakitimes.nz IF YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN BE IT Incoming Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, is already promising New Zealanders a brighter future under his leadership. He’s set out the challenges our nation faces and hinted at solutions. Members of New Zealand’s ginger demographic
Grant Duncan Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning Massey University Following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern on January 19, the New Zealand Labour Party already has a new leader: Chris Hipkins. The handover from Ardern to Hipkins has been achieved with the same efficiency as the handover
Chris Hipkins is going to be in the proverbial dog box after he was recorded agreeing with Christopher Luxon, while his leader was busily disagreeing with Christopher Luxon. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says it is an “absolutely legitimate message” to tell parents to prioritise getting their kids to school. It
Remember the Northland lockdown? Two women do after they were hounded and abused as a result of what we now know were calculated and desperate lies and slander by Chris Hipkins. Lies and slander that weren’t even remotely true, which means that the Minister was responsible, not for misinformation,
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Yesterday it was the turn of the Police Minister, Chris Hipkins, to face scrutiny over the overreach of Police reaching out to Interpol to dig dirt on Avi Yemeni. He made out like a slimmer version of Sgt. Schultz professing to not know anything. Given this story is now reaching
Information Opinion A story in the NZ Herald on Thursday singled out Michael Wood and Chris Hipkins as likely contenders to replace Ardern when she loses the 2023 general election. One presumes that if Ardern quits in the next few weeks (as I expect she will) her temporary replacement will
Just because you give something a flash Maorified name and merge everything into one doesn’t mean it will all be a success. Especially if it is a Labour Party idea suggesting that mergers and centralisation of control will deliver cost savings. Yet that is precisely what has happened at
