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The Guardian - AU
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Tess McClure in Auckland

New Zealand: Chris Hipkins taking over from Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday

Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni leave the Labour caucus meeting at parliament in Wellington on Sunday.
Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni leave the Labour caucus meeting at parliament in Wellington on Sunday. Photograph: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images

Chris Hipkins will be New Zealand’s next prime minister following a formal vote that endorsed him as Jacinda Ardern’s successor after her shock resignation on Thursday.

New Zealand will also swear in its first ever Pasifika deputy prime minister, with social development minister Carmel Sepuloni, who is of Tongan and Samoan descent, to take the role.

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