Chris Hipkins
Cook Islands group says Speaker must go
A Cook Islands group protesting the government's plans to use chemicals to purify Rarotonga's water supply, has called on the Speaker, Nikki Rattle, to resign. Audio
Cooks PM says quarantine rules could be lifted soon
With kava now officially recognised as a drink and not just a drug, its demand is expected to increase across the world. Audio
CovidCard testing delays keep public waiting
Delays and confusion over testing of the Covid Card mean the technology has yet to make it to the wider public, despite the Health Minister saying trials were underway.
A Rotorua-based trial of the… Audio
Covid-19: Government looking into 'safe travel' areas - Hipkins
Health Minister Chris Hipkins says the Government is looking at countries that Kiwis would be able to travel to despite the ongoing pandemic, without having to isolate on return.
Hipkins told Morning… Audio
Fifty schools change their minds on donation scheme
Fifty schools have changed their minds on the government's school donation scheme.
Forty-five eligible schools are opting into the scheme for the first time next year and five are leaving it.
The… Audio
CDHB Doctors stunned by govt cash injection
Clinicians and doctors at the Canterbury District Health Board are stunned by the government's deficit matching cash injection but say it leaves many problems unresolved.
Chris Hipkins met with… Audio
National unveils retraining scheme for unemployed
National has unveiled its plan to help get those out of work back into jobs - as well as its mental health policy.
If elected, National says it would give tertiary training providers four thousand… Audio
Election 2020: National unveils $800m health pledge
The National Party has unveiled an $800 million suite of new health initiatives it's promising to roll out over the next four years if elected.
The plan includes a previously announced independent… Audio
Labour promises to close pay gap for early childhood teachers
The Labour Party is headlining its election season education policy with a promise to close the pay gap for early childhood teachers.
It has also reannounced its pledge to extend its free lunch… Audio
Labour announces its education policy
Labour is promising to extend pay parity for all early childhood teachers if re-elected, but would scrap plans to extend its fees free policy beyond the first year of tertiary study..
Chris Hipkins… Audio
Siouxsie Wiles on Covid-19 close contact troubles
Microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles says its not surprising people sceptical of Covid-19 have become caught up in a cluster in NZ.
The Health Minister Chris Hipkins has asked for police help to ensure the… Audio
Covid-19: Close contacts of Mt Roskill sub-cluster 'not previously disclosed' - Hipkins
Health Minister Chris Hipkins says it has become apparent some close contacts of the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship church sub-cluster were not previously disclosed.
A student at St Dominic's… Audio
The Ultimate General: Parliament’s last debate
On their way out the door MPs took a last swing at representation, policy ideas and general fisticuffs. Audio
The Ultimate General: Parliament’s last debate
On their way out the door MPs took a last swing at representation, policy ideas and general fisticuffs.
AudioVideo claims Hipkins gave "verbal sign-off' for Greens School
A leaked video clip of last week's Green Party crisis call shows James Shaw claiming the controversial Green School funding had been given "verbal sign-off" by Education Minister Chris Hipkins.
The… Audio
Fiji public assured NZ's latest Covid-19 cases pose no threat
Fijians have been reassured they have been put at minimal risk of infection from a repatriation flight last week that contained people who have now tested positive to Covid-19. Audio
James Shaw apologises for Taranaki Green School funding
James Shaw has spent the best part of the last week floating out to sea while his own party and ministerial colleagues watched from the safety of the shore.
After trying to get support from his… Audio
Covid-19: Schools wouldn't be reopening if they were unsafe - Hipkins
Education Minister Chris Hipkins is calling on Aucklanders to send their kids to school as thousands stayed away in the wake of the city's lockdown.
School principals say parents are more fearful of… Audio
Pressure mounting on James Shaw over Green School funding
Pressure is mounting on Green Party co-leader James Shaw to pull his support for $11.7 million of taxpayers' money being handed to the privately owned Taranaki Green School.
It's not just principals… Audio
Govt does not care about valid visas, wants testing
The health minister says officials will not "join the dots" between people getting covid-19 tests and whether they are here on a valid visa. Pacific leaders have raised concern that unlawful… Audio