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Rt Hon Chris Hipkins
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Rt Hon Chris Hipkins is a New Zealand politician affiliated with the Labour Party [45] who currently serves as Leader of the Opposition [26] . Hipkins attended Hutt Valley Memorial College, where he served as head boy in 1996 [16] [18]…
AI-assembled biography sourced from Wikipedia, Hansard, Beehive and the Parliament register. Every claim is footnoted to a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources and tagged confirmed, unverified or disputed.
01 Positions
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:19Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
C.J Hipkins Family Trust (trustee and beneficiary)
— C.J Hipkins Family Trust
(Trustee)
Debts owed by you
Westpac Bank – mortgages
— Westpac Bank
Real property
Family home – Upper Hutt, Wellington
Residential property (owned by superannuation trust) – Raumati South, Paraparaumu
Retirement schemes
AMP KiwiSaver
— AMP KiwiSaver
AMP State Sector Retirement Savings Scheme
— AMP State Sector Retirement Savings Scheme
Forest Road Superannuation Trust
— Forest Road Superannuation Trust
04 Directorships Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:19None recorded.
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
No diary could be found on Beehive yet.
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09 Recent Hansard speeches
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12 In the news Methodology →
50 articlesCoverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.
RNZ 15
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2026-06-04"I've stopped counting how many civil defence emergencies I have declared," Gisborne's Rehette Stoltz told insurers and politicians.
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2026-06-04A former top staffer used his personal email for business - meaning at least one document was not released when it should have been.
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2026-06-03A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account for official business - meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been.
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2026-06-03A former top staffer used his personal email for business - meaning at least one document was not released when it should have been.
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2026-06-02Christopher Luxon says he's taking it "very seriously", but Labour leader Chris Hipkins says it "stinks to high heaven".
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2026-06-02Christopher Luxon says he's taking it "very seriously", but Labour leader Chris Hipkins says it "stinks to high heaven".
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2026-06-01The prime minister insists New Zealand will not be dropping its nuclear-free stance - and doing so would be detrimental to relations with other countries, according to a former defence minister.
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2026-06-01It comes after new Defence Minister Chris Penk said it would be "helpful" to have "a conversation" on New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance.
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2026-05-31Budget Day is a Broadway production, with dance numbers (emphasis on numbers), undue laughter and applause, and everyone's a critic.
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2026-05-30From government sales pitch to opposition counter-branding, in the Budget Day debate, the performance matters nearly as much as the numbers.
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2026-05-29New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples says the agency can still deliver despite losing around $64.2m in three years, but the opposition claims government "doesn't care" about Pasifika.
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2026-05-28Sharon Zollner has questioned Treasury's forecast as the minister faces questions over her Budget.
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2026-05-28Sharon Zollner has questioned Treasury's forecast as the minister faces questions over her Budget.
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2026-05-28Analysis: It's a Budget that some will find tough to swallow, but Chris Hipkins has to say what he would do differently.
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2026-05-28Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the government has failed to show it understands how tough it is out there for New Zealanders.
1News 10
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2026-06-03The Department of Internal Affairs and the Ombudsman are now both investigating the lack of records kept.
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2026-06-02Fonterra legal case document sent to private email of Luxon's former staffer; Trump blasts Netanyahu over Lebanon; El Niño now 95% likely as NZ faces warmer, drier winter.
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2026-06-02A document relating to the Smith v Fonterra legal case was sent from a Fonterra staff member to the private email address of a former staffer in the Prime Minister's Office.
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2026-06-01The Labour leader confirmed a wave of policy announcements was on its way but says caucus has not yet finished assessing last week's Budget.
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2026-05-31The Defence Minister's comment came as a response to a question at a security forum in Singapore about Australia buying nuclear-propelled submarines.
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2026-05-29Sharon Zollner has questioned Treasury's forecast as the Finance Minister faces questions over her Budget.
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2026-05-28The Government's goal of getting back to surplus was the key focus of this Budget.
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2026-05-28Finance Minister Nicola Willis revealed her third Budget at Parliament today. Here’s how the Opposition parties responded.
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2026-05-27Senior Minister Chris Bishop says today’s Budget will focus on things that need investment, while cutting things that don’t.
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2026-05-27Of Finance Minister Nicola Willis' three Budgets so far, today's has arrived with the least fanfare. Here's what might be in store today.
Stuff 8
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2026-06-02Ahead of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's visit to Christchurch, here's where the cathedral rebuild stands, how much has been spent and who could be asked to close the remaining funding gap.
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2026-06-02A former senior staffer in the prime minister’s office was using his personal email account to receive documents from Fonterra.
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2026-06-01Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has dismissed the suggestion that New Zealand is “freeloading” on US defence, and ruled out a change to the country’s nuclear-free policy.
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2026-06-01Social development minister Louise Upston has defended claiming $52,000 a year for an apartment she owns in Wellington, but won’t explain what costs it is covering.
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2026-05-30Chris Hipkins said the National Party is putting New Zealand’s nuclear-free status “at risk” after Defence Minister Chris Penk said we should have “a conversation” about it.
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2026-05-28Funding in Budget 2026 keeps existing initiatives going and will be used for new help if the fuel crisis worsens.
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2026-05-28The screening age will be lower from 58 to 56 in September in the latest step towards aligning with Australia
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2026-05-27“I very seldom see a minister having to eat humble pie that fast,” Labour leader Chris Hipkins said.
The Spinoff 7
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2026-06-05MPs can receive up to $36,240 every year in superannuation contributions, and use the money to buy property. Then they can claim another $36,400 per year to stay in it. National MP Melissa Lee and Labour MP Jenny Salesa bought homes…
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2026-06-03This story was first published by RNZ A former top Beehive staffer used his personal email account to conduct official business – meaning at least one document was not released under the Official Information Act when it should have been…
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2026-06-03Keeping all things nuclear out of New Zealand may or may not make moral sense. But it almost certainly makes economic sense. Chris Penk barely had time to shut his mouth before everyone started yelling at him. The defence minister made an…
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2026-06-02The ‘missing’ briefing from Fonterra and Z Energy wasn’t lost, Henry Oliver writes in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin, it was in the private email account of the prime minister’s chief policy adviser. To receive The Bulletin in full each…
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2026-06-01US “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth called New Zealand freeloaders for not spending 3.5% of GDP on defence. But how much defence do we really need, Henry Oliver asks in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each…
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2026-05-28The post-budget debate had as many pop culture references as policy arguments. Joel MacManus was there for each of the seven speeches. Nicola Willis The finance minister is the star of budget day and gets the first speech in the…
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2026-05-27We’ve all misplaced something at work. But if your office is a ministerial one, you might expect a bit more urgency in finding out where it went. You’d think the people preaching the loudest about getting their books in order would at…
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2026-05-29Southland National MP Joseph Mooney. PHOTO: ODT FILES Not many politicians volunteer to become involved in a looming scandal, but Southland National MP Joseph Mooney was positively champing at the bit this week to be embroiled in the row…
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2026-05-28If yesterday’s Budget seems to have passed you by, it’s no wonder. It does little or nothing for most people increasingly and desperately needing help.
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2026-05-28Russell Palmer of RNZ The Opposition says this year's Budget leaves New Zealanders to fend for themselves, with more spending for prisons and more children in poverty.
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2026-05-28Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the party will unveil its fiscal plan soon but will analyse today's Budget first. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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2026-05-27WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND - MAY 28: Finance Minister Nicola Willis with, from left, Shane Jones, Winston Peters, Chris Bishop and David Seymour on their way to the House for the reading of the Budget 2026, Parliament, Wellington, New Zealand…
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2026-05-27Labour leader Chris Hipkins said New Zealanders don't really care about the specifics of the Future Fund policy. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Newsroom 1
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2026-05-28Opinion: While coalition scrapping over Super may make headlines, the delivery of the Budget also puts the onus on Labour to unveil its own policies The post Scrappy election campaign looms over short-lived Budget unity appeared first on…
13 OIA disclosures Methodology →
2 releasesStrict-mode Official Information Act responses from FYI.org.nz that name this MP. Tenure-checked: each row represents a request whose subject period overlapped a role this MP held. Click through to read the full release on FYI.
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2026-04-12From Ministry of Health · role at the time: committee_member · withheld under: 18(d), 9 · 2 attachments
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2026-03-17From TVNZ · role at the time: committee_member · 5 attachments
12.5 Heard on radio
Verbatim segments from podcasts and radio where this MP was the speaker, attributed via the manually-reviewed voice-reference library and pre-seeked to the moment the segment starts.
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Big Hairy News #BHN Willis on Q&A | Luxon on ZB talking housing entitlements | Hipkins talking bank levies | Hidden emails from Fonterra to PMs office 2026-06-02 · 31s
I have been very clear that under Labour, New Zealand will not be part of AUKUS, which is the nuclear-powered submarine pact that Australia's entered into, and we will not be changing our nuclear-free stance. Chris Pink has basically said out loud what this government have been thinking, which is if Australia gets nuclear submarines, they'll change the New Zealand's law so that those nuclear submarines can visit New Zealand. That's a complete violation of what has been a long-standing, very principled nuclear-free policy by New Zealand. Under Labour, that will not change.
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