The Latest Breaking News from Chris Hipkins

Ardern takes conservation, extremism post-PM gigs

Prince William has tapped his friend Jacinda Ardern for a seat on the board of his conservation initiative, the Earthshot Prize.

AAP · Apr 4, 2023

Jacinda Ardern to tackle online extremism in new role as special envoy for Christchurch Call

Former New Zealand prime minister will push initiative she created in wake of 2019 terrorist attack

The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2023

Hipkins ends lobbyists' free access to NZ parliament

Stuart Nash, the sacked New Zealand cabinet minister at the centre of a scandal, has announced he will leave politics at the October election.

AAP · Apr 3, 2023

Hipkins sacks Nash for cabinet leak

Stuart Nash has been sacked as a minister by New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins after disclosing cabinet discussions.

AAP · Mar 28, 2023

New Zealand raises concerns with China on South China Sea, Taiwan

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta said on Saturday she had expressed concerns over the South China Sea and tensions in the Taiwan Strait during talks with her Chinese counterpart at the end of a visit to Beijing.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2023

Teachers need a lot of things right now, but another curriculum 'rewrite' isn't one of them

Less than a fortnight after teachers staged a national strike, education was back in the headlines with the National Party’s release of its curriculum policy – or “rewrite”, as leader Christopher Luxon described it.

The Conversation · Mar 24, 2023

Child poverty hurting one in 10 New Zealand kids

The Child Poverty Action Group say New Zealand kids face a bleak future without investment in the poorest households.

AAP · Mar 23, 2023

New Zealand's foreign minister to visit counterpart in China

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister will visit her counterpart in Beijing this week in the first such trip in four years

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

New Zealand foreign minister to visit counterpart in China

Nanaia Mahuta says she will raise concerns over Ukraine and human rights issues as well as ways the two countries can cooperate

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023

Coalition creaks as New Zealand Greens watch Labour dump climate policies

Greens co-leader James Shaw says Labour shouldn’t count on its support in upcoming election amid glacial progress on emissions

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023