Displaying items by tag: CHRIS HIPKINS

Labour Party Leader Chris Hipkins has announced a reshuffle of the party's caucus portfolios.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 27 January 2026 15:55

Editorial: Fireworks or damp squib?

OPINION: November 7 has been set by Christopher Luxon as ‘E day’ – election day.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 14 January 2026 09:45

Famous last words

OPINION: With Winston Peters playing politics with the PM's Indian FTA, all eyes will be on Labour who have the casting vote.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 11:05

Gaslight much?

OPINION: Labour leader Chris 'Chippy' Hipkins is carrying on the world-class gaslighting of the nation that he and his cohorts started after their disastrous Covid response; now trying to undermine the Covid inquiry to protect his own backside.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 27 May 2025 12:25

Genuine Hipkins

OPINION: At the recent NZ Dairy Industry Awards, opposition leader Chris Hipkins made a surprise appearance.

Published in Milking It
Tuesday, 24 September 2024 11:55

Open letters

OPINION: Your old mate isn't really a fan of the recent trend toward collective whinging, otherwise known as an 'open letter'.

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 10 September 2024 14:25

Cunning plan!

OPINION: Leader of the Labour Party and His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Chris Hipkins, has formulated a bold strategy to regain power that his rivals won't have predicted.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 01 August 2024 08:55

Editorial: Building Bridges

OPINION: After Jacinda Ardern and Labour were asked to form the government following the 2017 elections, Federated Farmers sent an email out to its executives asking if any of them had a working relationship with any Labour MPs. The answer was no one did.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 24 July 2024 10:25

Code Red for National?

OPINION: Recently several Labour MPs, including leader Chris Hipkins and deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni spent two days in Waikato with representatives of DairyNZ, Beef+Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers, Groundswell and Rural Women NZ among others.

Published in Milking It
Tuesday, 25 June 2024 10:21

Chippy's regret

OPINION: Labour leader Chris Hipkins' current tagline must have been pinched from Sinatra's song 'My Way' as he trudges around the provinces lamenting, 'Regrets, I've had a few'.

Published in Milking It
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