Hipkins in a sentence

Kiro is to appoint Hipkins to the role and he will be sworn in. Hipkins said he will be sworn in Wednesday.

About over half a million of those were born in New Zealand,” Hipkins said.

Alongside the release of Budget documents today, Labour leader Chris Hipkins admitted he had shut down plans for a "tax switch" in this year's Budget, which would have seen a tax-free bracket and a 1.5 percent tax on wealth above $5 million from 2024.

And when Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said "it shouldn't matter what circumstances you were born into, you should still be able to learn concepts to help you," he was right.

Asked if there needed to be stronger vetting of employees in roles dealing with sensitive information, Hipkins said vetting should be paired with security systems.

But while playing for time in an election year, then-Prime Minister Chris Hipkins signaled in July that New Zealand was at least “open to conversations” about joining the pact in some form.

Chippie Hipkins is a student union leader type.

Chris Hipkins was confirmed Sunday as New Zealand’s next prime minister and he chose Carmel Sepuloni as his deputy, marking the first time a person with Pacific Island heritage has risen to that rank.

Chris Hipkins was picked by the Labour Party to succeed Ardern as the country is headed to the polls in October.

Hipkins, 44, is expected to be confirmed as the new leader at a meeting of Labour’s 64 lawmakers, or Caucus, on Sunday.

Hipkins has promised an aid package of 11.5 million New Zealand dollars ($7.25 million) to help recovery efforts, but McAnulty admitted the cost of the clean-up was set to spiral.

Hipkins held several roles in politics before joining parliament.

Hipkins himself acknowledged that the Government “did look at a number of different scenarios, calculated out the costs of a number of different scenarios, and clearly the wrong one was used in that first fact sheet”.

Hipkins paid tribute to Ardern Sunday, saying she was one of New Zealand’s great prime ministers who gave a voice to those often overlooked in challenging times.

Hipkins said climate change was New Zealand’s nuclear-free moment, something Luxon said he didn’t agree with because he didn’t like slogans.

Hipkins said he wanted his six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter to grow up with a "typical Kiwi kid life", adding that his amicable separation from his wife was his own business.

Hipkins said that there was very limited consular support available in Ukraine.

Hipkins was discouraging people from speculating over the death toll of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Hipkins would have none of it but he must now realise that this is a Cabinet that has been indulged for far too long.

However, Mr Hipkins is forging ahead, saying cost of living difficulties caused by high inflation made the GST cut suitable for the times.