Chris Hipkins

We’ve had an election, we have a government and on Wednesday we complete the set with a Parliament. Here’s what happens this week. Audio

The government has announced it'll spend $164-million building new classrooms and upgrading schools.

The project will address much-needed renovation and make way for growing class sizes.

It's… Audio

The government has ratcheted up its Covid-19 defences another notch, announcing a range of new testing measures for border workers.

The rules - which apply at all international airports and ports -… Audio

The government has reached an in-principle agreement to purchase doses of a Covid-19 vaccine for the entire population.

The agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica is subject to the vaccine successfully… Audio

Chris Hipkins says New Zealand is in negotiations with a number of companies that are working to make a vaccine for Covid-19 but cannot say if work is underway to secure the latest one proven to be… Audio

Masks will be compulsory on all public transport in Auckland and on all domestic flights from 11.59 tomorrow night. Cabinet made the decision yesterday following a community infection scare in… Audio

The government's first statement of national education priorities instructs schools, early learning services and tertiary institutions to make every day use of te reo and tikanga Māori. 

The… Audio

The Minister of Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins says he's yet to be notified of any more cases of Covid-19 overnight after a mystery case popped up yesterday.

A woman in her 20s was revealed to have… Audio

Health authorities are racing to find the source of a new community case of Covid-19, but right now they have no idea where the Auckland student caught the virus.

The woman in her twenties has no… Video, Audio

The National Party has joined calls for a widespread review into the country's Covid-19 border system and managed isolaion and quarantine facilities, after two health workers tested positive for the… Audio

Discussions about what role the Greens might play in government are expected to continue today, with the Greens hopeful of taking a deal to their members by the end of the week.

Labour won an… Audio

The Minister of Health wants all arrivals into the country to be tested for Covid-19 even shipping crews who don't need to spend two weeks in managed isolation.

At the moment, those crews are only… Audio

Two crew of the Sofrana Surville cargo ship anchored off the Sunshine Coast have tested positive for Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health says the ship is the most likely source of infection of two New… Video, Audio

Health Minister Chris Hipkins says the next planeload of fishing crews - which was due to arrive on the second of November - will now need to be delayed.

Eighteen passengers from the first load of… Audio