Chris Hipkins

The House continues to question the Government on its Covid-19 response through three different parliamentary features including question time, ministerial statements, and the general debate. Audio

Parliament’s only function is to make laws but MPs meeting this week are focusing on Government accountability instead Audio

Our unexpectedly revenant Parliament has been back for a week of action with a very reduced job description. The House outlines the highlights and the job size. Audio

Health officials have yet to confirm whether a third strain of the coronavirus could be circulating in the community, with two cases still under investigation.

The Director General of Health says… Audio

It has been revealed the maintenance worker at the Rydges Hotel isolation facility who contracted Covid 19 used a lift just minutes after a guest who later tested positive for the same strain.

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New Zealand Rugby is not in line for any special treatment to ensure its North-South match goes ahead next weekend.

Health Minister Chris Hipkins says it's unlikely 13 Auckland-based players will be… Audio

It's a mystery baffling our health experts: How did a Rydges hotel maintenance man contract a strain of Covid-19 from a hotel guest he apparently never came into contact with?

Yesterday the Ministry… Video, Audio

Health Minister Chris Hipkins is facing a puzzle trying to work out how Covid-19 made its way back into the community in Auckland.

First a group of four tested positive with no link to international… Audio

A small group of MPs have returned to the capital for a stripped back version of Parliament - with the government's Covid response, in particular the country's border at the top of the agenda.

It was… Audio

Parliament is back and the MPs are already knee-deep in Covid. We outline the plan for the unexpected reprise of Parliament. 

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All but two of the parties in Parliament have called for a change to the election date in the wake of a resurgence of Covid-19 in the community.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to announce a… Audio

The Health Minister gave New Zealanders a serve yesterday for peddling nasty rumours and misinformation relating to the current Covid-19 cluster.

Tech commentator Paul Brislen says a telling off is… Audio

Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg told us the lack of testing of border staff was extraordinary.

At the start of last week, two-thirds of the nearly 3000 border staff had never been tested for Covid-19.

Health Minister Chris Hipkins has met with National's health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti to discuss the response to the new Covid-19 outbreak in New Zealand.

On Wednesday National leader Judith… Video, Audio

As Auckland goes into Level 3 lockdown and New Zealand enters Level 2 lockdown following four positive Covid-19 cases in south Auckland, Health Minister Chris Hipkins joins Lisa Owen with the latest… Video, Audio