Audrey Young: Chris Hipkins' life story - mum reveals how a 'quite different' child got into politics
The woman who knows him best in life says he is more than up to leading New Zealand.
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The woman who knows him best in life says he is more than up to leading New Zealand.
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The Labour Party-led government, backed by the trade unions, insists that schools and businesses must remain open, allowing Omicron to spread. The working class cannot accept this policy of mass infection and death.
The 5-11 year age group has been able to get the Covid-19 vaccine for two and a half weeks - but so far only 37 percent have. Despite that, schools are back and measures have been put in place to keep tamariki as safe as possible. Reporter Hamish Cardwell and cameraman Samuel Rillstone spoke to Wellington parents on the school run.
Without MMP, Jacinda Ardern says she may never have entered Parliament. She's far from alone.