Chris Hipkins

The last of Budget 2019, bills from non-ministers and a special debate on immigration and border policies will take place at Parliament this week.  Audio

The Public Service Association will come face to face with Prime Minister today to hammer home its resistance to the government's three-year pay freeze announcement.

The meeting at Parliament follows… Audio

While public servants are getting a pay freeze, much more highly paid contractors and consultants are not.

The directive from the government for a three-year salary freeze does not apply to thousands… Audio

Every year Parliament runs a ten hour long tag-team performance review for ministers.  Audio

New, tougher border restrictions are expected to slash the number of Covid-19-positive returnees from India alone, by 75 percent.

The government has classified India as a "very high risk country"… Video, Audio

With the two-week halt on flights from India about to expire, the government is considering whether to create a traffic-light system to pause flights from countries particularly affected by Covid-19.

Questions are being raised over how a fully vaccinated border worker caught Covid-19, but the government says there was always a chance this could happen.

The Auckland Airport worker cleans planes… Audio

The government is refusing to say what will be done about the failure of some border staff to have required Covid-19 tests.

It's been revealed that a border guard had not been tested since November… Audio

Parliament has been told acting as judge and jury would be 'unwise' in response to a request for an urgent debate today. Video, Audio

An MIQ security guard infected with Covid-19 at the Grand Millennium allegedly lied about having his regular compulsory tests for the virus.

By law, staff in isolation hotels have to be tested every… Video, Audio

Chris Hipkins outlines the parliamentary week and explains why the same Covid-19 law is being approved by MPs for the third time in little more than a year. Audio

The government's move to make it mandatory for all testing of border workers to be recorded on a central register is being derided as coming a year too late.

Health experts say it's astonishing it… Audio

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says a ban on Indian arrivals was introduced because pre-departure testing has been ineffective.

The suspension will be in place for two weeks from Sunday.

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Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins explains what he thinks the pause in flight arrivals from India to New Zealand will achieve. Video, Audio

MPs have held an urgent debate on the recent announcement of a date for no-quarantine travel between Australia and New Zealand Audio