Chris Hipkins

An initial survey indicates 32 percent of New Zealand's school buildings don't meet modern health and hygiene benchmarks, and a similiar number fall short on standards for lighting, temperature and… Audio

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week. Audio

Parliament is weird sometimes, like when it debates which hat you wear to put the cat out. No, really. It's part of the question... Is the Prime Minister always the Prime Minister? Audio

A group of Auckland principals is pushing back on the government's review of the NCEA system. On Sunday, 37 principals placed a full-page advertisement in the Sunday newspapers, giving the Education… Audio

Question time is the most familiar part of a sitting day for many people but its lesser known relative, the written question, made a cameo appearance last week. Audio

The tertiary sector is welcoming a $31.7 million boost from the government. But why is the money being announced now and not in the Budget? And what do updated student enrolment figures reveal about… Audio

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week. Audio

All government agencies will be scrutinised as part of an expanded probe by the State Services Commission into the use of security firm Thompson and Clark. RNZ has been told no government agency has… Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been inundated with well wishes from around the globe since the birth of her daughter. The baby was born at quarter to five yesterday afternoon at Auckland City… Audio

Undemocratic, arrogant and an abuse of power. Just of few of the adjectives National is using to describe the government's move to push its Land Transport Regional Fuel Tax Amendment Bill through the… Audio

The government is being accused of an "extraordinary and unprecedented abuse of power". The opposition is up in arms after Chris Hipkins yesterday moved a motion to push the Land Transport Regional… Audio

Ministry for Primary Industries says it has evidence of serious staff misconduct in dealing with Thompson and Clark but is refusing to release that evidence. State Services Minister Chris Hipkins… Audio