Chris Hipkins

The Prime Minister is confident his Chief of Staff cut ties with his lobbying firm before taking up his new role.

Andrew Kirton headed the New Zealand arm of an Australian lobbying firm whose clients… Audio

Ginny Andersen is the new Police Minister. Stuart Nash resigned from the role last week after he boasted about calling the Police Commissioner about a case where he thought the sentence was too light.

Government spending on consultants and contractors is back in the news - but what are they actually paid to do? Audio

The government says it's freeing up more money and more "bandwidth" to help it focus on cost of living pressures, by slashing a bunch of its more unpopular policies.

Speed limit reductions are… Audio

Less than two months into Chris Hipkins' time as Prime Minister and the Government's agenda is looking much slimmer.

Hipkins has axed - or amended - a swathe of programmes in his second policy purge… Audio

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins visited fragile roads on the Coromandel Peninsula today.

It comes as State Highway 25A connecting Kopu with Hikuai remains closed and State Highway 25 between Opoutere… Video, Audio

The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed everything.. 

It was planning to channel some of the money normally… Audio

The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed everything.

It had wanted in its three-year plan to reallocate some of… Audio

The government has pulled the brakes on its sweeping transport vision for the next three years - saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed the game.

Cabinet last year signed off on a list of proposed… Video, Audio

Rob Campbell's job as chair of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is on the line.

The top health boss has been on thin ice since letting loose on the business networking site LinkedIn describing… Audio

Between flood recovery, Three Waters and 'inappropriate' comments from Te Whatu Ora chair Rob Campbell, the Prime Minister is inundated with tough calls this week.

Chris Hipkins says he will not… Audio

Parliament resumed last week, with Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins going head to head for the first time. Neale Jones and Liam Hehir also discuss the political response to Cyclone Gabrielle, the… Audio

Today the debating chamber launched into action as it does most years - but this year was all about the weather and the climate. Audio

The Prime Minister is promising rolling support for households and businesses wrecked by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Chris Hipkins is adamant his new 50 million dollar support package is an interim measure… Audio

At Parliament the Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is sharing the latest details of the emergency response after Cyclone Gabrielle. Video, Audio

"The most significant weather event this century."

That's the way Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described the impact of ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle.

Communication and physical access to many… Audio