Chris Hipkins

The year’s half gone, but Parliament is just about done. Done what, you ask? We consider how much and what the 52nd Parliament has achieved. Audio

Despite giving public assurances the case was closed, it turns out National Leader Todd Muller knew one of his frontbench MPs had also been leaked confidential Covid-19 patient data. MP Michael… Audio

A man in his fifties has been arrested after he escaped a managed isolation facility in Hamilton to visit a liquor shop. He has tested negative for Covid-19 - after arriving from Sydney on the first… Audio

The Ministry of Health is refusing to confirm if it supplied the former National Party President Michelle Boag with a daily list of people infected with Covid-19 and their private information.

In an… Audio

There are calls for tighter security in managed isolation after a man who tested positive for Covid 19 escaped a hotel to visit a supermarket. A security guard was watching as the man left the… Audio

Doctors are backing government calls to keep doing thousands of Covid-19 tests each day to ensure the community's free of the virus.

Finding that many volunteers a day may be an uphill battle, while… Audio

After being on the attack for weeks over border blunders the National Party now has its own spectacular botch up.

The Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker outed himself last night confessing to leaking… Audio

The admission by National Party MP Hamish Walker he leaked the personal details of Covid-19 patients has a ring of 'dirty politics' according to the Health Minister.

Last night the Clutha-Southland… Audio

The hunt is on to find the person responsible for a massive Covid-19 privacy breach, with the government promising to leave no stone unturned.

The investigation - into the leak of highly sensitive… Audio

Anyone found responsible for deliberately leaking highly sensitive information about 18 people quarantined with Covid-19 could face criminal charges.

RNZ and two other media outlets have reported… Audio

National's Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker is standing by his warning that southern quarantine hotels will be flooded with New Zealanders from India, Pakistan and Korea.

The Government is looking… Audio

David Clark is out and Chris Hipkins is in. The new Health Minister is also the minister of Education and State Services; the leader of the house and the minister responsible for Ministerial Services… Audio

School principals are arguing for foreign teachers to be allowed into the country, warning that they face a staff shortage if an exemption to Covid-19 border restrictions isn't made.

That shortfall… Audio

Last week Parliament ran a marathon. This week is longer than usual, but it's a holiday by comparison with a Members’ Day to break it up. Audio

This week’s Question Times in Parliament had a recurring theme, familiar target but more variations than you might expect.     Audio

The general election is looming on the horizon and the Government will use urgency to try and get through a long list of bills before that takes place. Audio