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Prime Ministers’ meeting reaffirms close trans-Tasman relationship

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday held their first bilateral meeting in Canberra. It was Chris Hipkins’ first overseas visit...

Bryce Edwards: Chris Hipkins hires a lobbyist to run the Beehive

New Zealand is the second least corrupt country on earth according to the latest Corruption Perception Index published yesterday by Transparency International. But how much...

Bryce Edwards: The Gamechanger PM and polls

opinion polls answered the big question of whether a switch of prime minister would really be a gamechanger for election year. The 1News and...

Cost of living support extended for families and businesses

The Government is providing extra cost of living support to families and businesses, delivering on new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ promise of a greater...

Hipkins to meet with Albanese next week

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next week for an in person meeting with Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. “The trans-Tasman relationship is...

Bryce Edwards: How authorities failed Aucklanders in an emergency

How much confidence should the public have in authorities managing natural disasters? Not much, judging by the farcical way in which the civil defence emergence...

Sayonara Jacinda Ardern and thanks for our generation’s ‘Dawn Raid Moment’

At the launch of her first campaign to become Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern told supporters that climate change was her generation's 'nuclear free moment.' According...

Bryce Edwards: Labour shifts focus from Grey Lynn to West Auckland

The days of the Labour Government being associated with middle class social liberalism look to be numbered. Soon-to-be Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Deputy Prime...

Carmel Sepuloni becomes Deputy PM

Kelvin Davis will remain Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. New Prime Minister Chris Hipkins addressed media today in the Beehive following a Labour caucus...

Bryce Edwards: PM Hipkins resets Labour to the right

Get ready for a major political reset once Chris Hipkins is sworn in as Prime Minister this week. Labour’s new leader is likely to push...

Guy Hatchard: Our post-Ardern way ahead

Yesterday I had a very wide ranging and interesting discussion with Farmer James and Jono Frew. You can view it on Farmer James’ FB page....

Hipkins to become next NZ PM – legacy media

Legacy media outlet NZHerald reports that Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next Prime Minister. According to the report, Hipkins was the only...

Dairy Owners Association slams Labour for lack of action on crime

Sunny Kaushal believes crime is skyrocketing, despite government claims it's decreasing. Writing in legacy media outlet the Weekend Herald, Kaushal said 'Where giving 16-year-olds the...

Hipkins intervenes in schools Shakespeare Festival row

Funding for the annual Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival was cancelled recently by Creative NZ. The decision led to an outcry on social media. DTNZ first...

‘Extraordinary COVID-19 powers to be wound down’ – Hipkins

The government announced significant changes to the COVID regulatory framework today. DTNZ reproduces the press release of Minister Hipkins in full below: The Government is winding...

Gaurav Sharma lays into Hipkins over ram raids

The Independent MP for Hamilton West believes 'our country has gone to the dogs'. The spate of ram raids throughout the country is the fault...

Northland lockdown scandal: ‘Prime Minister can’t have it both ways on misinformation’ – ACT

“Jacinda Ardern’s government has shed the ‘kindness’ image and has again shown it is willing to spread misinformation and throw women under the bus...

‘Podium of lies’ and ‘Purveyor of hatred’ – Twitterverse lays into Ardern over Northland lockdown ‘blunder’

Documents released under the Official Information Act and made public today confirmed the three women at the centre of the controversy had committed 'no...

Police given new powers to seize criminal assets

The Government is providing Police additional tools to seize the illicit assets of organised criminals, Justice Minister Kiri Allan announced yesterday. The raft of legislative...

Government introduces ‘more tools for Police to tackle gangs and intimidating behaviour’

Police Minister Chris Hipkins and Justice Minister Kiri Allan today unveiled a package of measures to help reduce the harm caused by gangs and...

New Zealand to stay at Orange for now – Hipkins

With New Zealand expecting to see Omicron cases rise during the winter, the Orange setting remains appropriate for managing this stage of the outbreak,...

Government bolsters protection for whistleblowers – Hipkins

Significant improvements are being made in New Zealand workplaces to better protect whistleblowers, Minister for the Public Service Chris Hipkins said today. “The Protected Disclosures...

Broadened criteria for returning visa holders – Hipkins

The Government is broadening the ability for residence class visa holders to re-enter New Zealand, Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins has announced. The change means residence...

Hipkins explains why NZ stays at red

New Zealand is seeing a drop in cases, but as Omicron takes hold in our regions, public health advice tells us now is not...

Hipkins: 5-11 year old roll-out ‘safe and necessary’, MIQ changes announced

Minister of Health Chris Hipkins yesterday announced a suite of changes agreed to by Cabinet in response to the Omicron variant's arrival in New...

Watch: Hipkins – ‘We’re now well-advanced in our planning to roll out vaccines for 5 to 11 year olds’

Health Minister Chris Hipkins announces the government's intention to roll out the experimental mRNA jab for 5 to 11 year olds by January 2022. In...

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