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January 29, 2025 | News
Hipkins criticizes National, ACT economic philosophy
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says National and ACT’s philosophy of money as mana is not what New Zealanders are looking for.
April 18, 2026
January 29, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Chris Hipkins | NZ Labour Party Leader
There is a new Minister of Health, the 5th in 5 years. What will Labour do about the state of NZ health services?
December 20, 2024 | News
Hipkins urges unity, challenges divisive rhetoric
The Labour leader Chris Hipkins says that looking ahead to 2025, he wants New Zealanders to reflect on what kind of country they want to live in: one that moves forward in unity or one that continues on a destructive path of dividing ourselves against each other.
December 18, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Chris Hipkins | Labour Party Leader
Today, the Treasury will make public its half-year fiscal and economic update (HYEFU), which reveals the current status of the […]
December 5, 2024 | News
Hipkins challenges Luxon on Māori sovereignty
Labour Party Leader Chris Hipkins is reiterating his belief that Māori never ceded their sovereignty and criticizes Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s leadership, describing it as riddled with miscalculations.
December 4, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Chris Hipkins | Labour Party Leader
Political Updates from Labour Party Leader including The Labour Party conference,
December 2, 2024 | News
Mahuta backs Labour, supports emerging leaders
Former Labour Cabinet Minister Nanaia Mahuta says following the weekend’s party conference, if Māori want a government that prioritizes their best interests, Labour will deliver.
November 13, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Chris Hipkins | Labour Party Leader
Labour joins with the Government in unreservedly apologising for the abuse, neglect and trauma including torture in state and faith-based care and for ignoring the voices of survivors for too long.
November 13, 2024 | News
Māori protest crosses Auckland Harbour Bridge today
Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says the rise of the Toitū Te Tiriti protest is very understandable, given what the Government has done to Māori.
November 6, 2024 | News
Hipkins says Treaty Principles Bill sparks concerns for NZ History
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says tomorrow's anticipated introduction of the Treaty Principles Bill will undermine the Waitangi Tribunal's 50-year legacy of advancing Aotearoa New Zealand.
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