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December 1, 2025 | Featured News
Labour backs family doctors with new loan scheme
The New Zealand Labour Party has unveiled a major policy aimed at revitalising primary health care by supporting family doctors […]
March 16, 2026
October 29, 2025 | News
Labour Unveils Capital Gains Tax to Fund Health System Overhaul
Labour Leader Chris Hipkins has announced a capital gains tax policy expected to raise $700 million annually, with all proceeds going toward healthcare improvements including free GP visits.
August 14, 2025 | News
Hipkins Rejects Covid Inquiry Hearings as Political Theatre
Former PM Chris Hipkins defends skipping public Covid-19 Inquiry hearings, saying he’s already provided full evidence. He criticises the expanded hearings—backed by the coalition—as unnecessary and politically driven.
July 5, 2025 | Featured News
A former PM & a determined young man
15-year-old Jack Karetai‑Barrett (Kai Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) arrived in Whanganui on a 900 km cycling journey from Whakatāne to Wellington. […]
May 20, 2025 | Featured News
What Chris Hipkins said on Te Pati Māori suspensions
I move, That all the words after the first instance of “That” be replaced with “Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and Rawiri […]
April 24, 2025 | News
Hipkins: NZ First Fueling a Culture War Most Kiwis Don’t Want
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says NZ First is stirring up a culture war that most New Zealanders don’t want the government focused on.
April 23, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Chris Hipkins | NZ Labour Party Leader
The response to the Government’s Covid response – mistakes but the Government tried their best,
April 11, 2025 | News
Treaty Principles Bill Defeated in Parliament
The Treaty Principles Bill is no more.
April 9, 2025 | News
Hipkins Slams Luxon’s Treaty Debate Absence
Labour Leader Chris Hipkins says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s no-show at Thursday’s Treaty Principles Bill debate is cowardly.
April 8, 2025 | News
Poll Shows Tight Race Between Leaders
The coalition holds a slim majority in the latest 1News-Verian poll, with 64 seats to the opposition's 58.
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