Chris Hipkins

New figures show the current shortage of teachers in Auckland comes as the Government spends less promoting teaching as a career - about a million dollars a year less for the past four years. Labour… Audio

Parliament's Speaker of the House David Carter has offered MPs assurances over the scanning of their emails but the MP who found his emails had been blocked, Chris Hipkins, doesn't accept Mr Carter's… Audio

The Speaker of the House has acknowledged Parliament's email system has created a conflict between IT security and the right of MPs to use information freely. Audio

The Parliamentary Service is refusing to comment on claims by Labour MP Chris Hipkins it intercepted and blocked an email he tried to send to a journalist. Audio

Opposition politicians says foreigners should not be able to buy up sensitive land in exchange for a donation to a school or university. Audio

The Labour Party says almost 60-thousand dollars in bonuses were paid to four charter schools last year even though three of them underperformed. Chris Hipkins is Labour's education spokesperson. Audio

The Ministry of Education has spent over a million dollars doing up its website which the Labour Party says is unjustified. Audio

The Labour Party claims that at a time when state schools are struggling to make ends meet, the Government is giving more cash to Northland charter school than it needs to fund its curriculum. Audio

The Minister of Education has been questioned about why a charter school has ended up with two and a half million dollars of unspent government funding, sitting in its bank. Audio

We are joined by National's spokesperson on education Hekia Parata and Labour's spokesperson on education Chris Hipkins. Audio

Labour says the Education Minister needs to accept that class sizes do matter to children's learning. Audio

David Cunliffe is flying back to Wellington from Auckland this morning, insisting he has the support of his MPs as Labour's leader. Audio

The Labour Party is objecting to plans for a charter school in Porirua run by a religious group based in Trinidad and Tobago. Audio

Our political editor Brent Edwards looks at the Green Party's education policy launch yesterday and the government's response. Audio

New Zealand's ranking has nose dived in a prestigious international ranking of 15-year-olds' abilities in maths, reading and science. The report compares levels of reading, maths and science among 15… Audio

The party whip, Chris Hipkins, then stepped forward to outline how the new leader will be elected. Audio

The Labour Party says the Government should be held responsible for the failures of the Novopay payroll system. Audio

The former Secretary of Education, who returned to England after just thirteen months in the job, has been paid out almost half a million dollars. Audio