first for indian film making. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in new zealand where, in the past hour, chris hipkins has been sworn in as the country s new prime minister, after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in thejob. mr hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. our correspondent phil mercer is following the story. hejoins me now he joins me now for hejoins me now for more. great to be on the programme. i know this is something you have been covering extensively for us. just give us a sense of how chris hipkins might be different to his leadership style from jacinda ardern. this will be a big style from jacinda ardern. this will be a big year style
hello and welcome to the programme. we start in new zealand where, in the last couple of hours, chris hipkins has been sworn in as the country s new prime minister, after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in the job. mr hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer, has more on this. this will be a big year for chris hipkins and his reshaped government. we are expecting a cabinet reshuffle in the next week or so and also a policy reset. the new prime minister says that inflation will be his key concern in the months leading up to that election on october leading up to that election on 0ctober1li, laterthis leading up to that election on 0ctober1li, later this year. cost of living pressures have been enormous i
government. we are expecting a cabinet reshuffle in the next week or so and also a policy reset. the new prime minister says that inflation will be his key concern in the months leading up to that election on october leading up to that election on 0ctober1li, laterthis leading up to that election on 0ctober1li, later this year. cost of living pressures have been enormous in new zealand, as they are in many other parts of the world. chris hipkins has very big shoes to fill as well, replacing jacinda ardern, as you say, last week, announced that the prize resignation after more than five years as prime minister. jacinda ardern, for many women and children around the world, became a bit of a global icon for her empathetic and kind approach to leadership, especially after the mosque attacks in the new zealand city of christ church in 2019. jacinda ardern, saying that she no longer has the
minister. jacinda ardern, for many women and children, became a bit of a global icon for her empathetic and kind approach to leadership, especially after the mosque attacks in the new zealand city of christ church in 2019. butjacinda ardern saying she no longer has the physical capacity to continue, burn out of the highest level of government. so, chris hipkins is the new man in the job, and as you say, he s assisted by the new deputy caramel set baloney. carmel sepuloni. back in 2017, when jacinda ardern became prime minister, she was 37 years of age at the time. she was the youngest female head of government anywhere in the world and it was quite a journey for her and her country
a choice. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world welcome we begin the day with the names to be spoken and a name to be silenced and the face of a tragedy it has been five days since a gunman killed fifty people at two mosques in the new zealand city of christ church today a prime minister just into our value to never again speak the name of the shooter denying him the notoriety she says that he craved and killed for art and has received praise around the world since last friday s shooting she has become the face of empathy in tragedy thanks to what she has been saying but also because of what she has done and because of what she has worn twenty four hours after the massacre she stood in the center of a room full of mourning relatives and covered her hair and her decision to wear a whose job was seen as