Focus: Chris Hipkins - Path to Prime Minister
A history of Chris Hipkins' political career and memorable moments.
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Hipkins 'humbled and honoured' to take over role of PM
Hipkins will become Prime Minister once Jacinda Ardern formally resigns the post.
Robertson congratulates 'my mate Chippy', Hipkins' dad has 'mixed feelings' about son's new job
He was the only nomination for the Labour leadership today.
Opinion: Why Hipkins is better prepared than Ardern to be PM
OPINION: The incoming PM has the ability to function well without filters.
Who is Chris 'Chippy' Hipkins, NZ's next PM and Labour leader?
The senior minister is known as "Mr Fix-it", and for his light-hearted temperament.
Carmel Sepuloni set to be deputy to Hipkins after Kiri Allan rules herself out
Allan tells the NZ Herald she will not be running for deputy.
Political Roundup: The triumph and tragedy of Jacinda Ardern
OPINION: Jacinda Ardern was a political superstar heading towards an election defeat.
Claire Trevett: Is Ardern's demise the death knell for Labour?
A leadership change not necessarily terminal for Labour but require brutal decisions
Race to be PM: Frontrunner revealed as race narrows ahead of Sunday vote
Nominations for leader close at 9am this morning.
Editorial: The crucifixion of Jacinda Ardern
OPINION: Our editorial on the resignation of NZ's 40th Prime Minister.
Teens, mental health and social media: 'People don’t understand how toxic it is'
She turned to social media for help with mental illness but fell down a dark rabbit hole.
Simon Wilson: How did the champion of kindness become 'NZ's most divisive leader'?
What we've lost with the undoing of Jacinda Ardern.
Thomas Coughlan: Carmel Sepuloni brings Labour leadership contenders to four
A clear winner is possible as early as tomorrow morning.
Little wonder Ardern has chosen to quit, says Helen Clark
Current politicians face vitriol 24/7 thanks to social media, says former PM.
Audrey Young: Clear three months ago things weren't right with PM
OPINION: The big clues about Jacinda Ardern were in plain sight.
Focus: Kelvin Davis says misogynistic, sexist attacks on Ardern ‘unacceptable’
Labour Party Deputy Leader Kelvin Davis says men need to stand up to the sexist and misogynistic comments made against outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Video / NZ Herald
Political Roundup: Should Ardern have called a snap election?
OPINION: The old plans and assumptions for election year have suddenly evaporated.
Labour Party support reaches new low in poll; National down as minor parties rise
Poll numbers from Taxpayer’s-Union Curia poll revealed.
Live: Senior Minister out of the running; Labour contenders quizzed on PM aspirations
Newstalk ZB understands Woods won't be throwing her hat in the ring.
'Tinged with sadness': Ardern has no regrets day on from resignation
Ardern said today she had 'slept well for the first time in a long time'.
Opinion: St Jacinda’s global cheerleaders can’t acknowledge the truth about her fall
Ardern is a case study in how a leader can be polarising at home, but revered abroad.
Q&A: PM quits - political editor Claire Trevett answers your questions
Got questions about Jacinda Ardern's new year bombshell? Ask our in-house expert.
Pacific leaders react with shock, sadness to Ardern's resignation
Cook Islands and Fiji prime ministers pay tribute to Jacinda Ardern's time as leader.
Analysis: How Covid’s bitter divisions tarnished liberal icon Ardern's legacy
New York Times: Ardern struggled to get beyond her association with pandemic policy.
Vitriol aimed at Ardern ‘would affect anybody’
Increasingly violent abuse directed at her 'must have influenced the decision to go'.
Jacinda Ardern calls time, North Shore blaze & Alec Baldwin charged | Focus Morning Bulletin: 20 January, 2023
Jacinda Ardern’s popularity revealed as the PM steps down, Fire crews respond to building fire overnight and prosecutors announce Alec Baldwin’s fate in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Ardern resignation: The big risk facing the next Labour leader
The next Labour leader faces an uphill battle.
How Labour will elect a new leader, and who has the advantage
Labour has two ways to elect a new leader, which one it chooses could decide the victor.
Editorial: Opinion on Jacinda Ardern's legacy will always be divided
Editorial: 'She can be proud of her five years leading New Zealand.'
‘The shoes needing filling are on the large side of big’: Ardern’s legacy and Labour’s new challenge
OPINION: Leaving on her own terms may be Jacinda Ardern’s final triumph.
Former National PM Jim Bolger says Ardern set for high-profile global roles
Bolger said Ardern will have many offers post-PM, but none will be harder than leading NZ.
Opinion: I cannot believe Jacinda Ardern didn’t quit earlier
Vera Alves: Jacinda Ardern has had enough - and who can blame her?
'That’s manaaki’: Māori leaders on Ardern’s legacy for tangata whenua
Māori leaders say Ardern leaves legacy of bringing manaakitanga into mainstream politics.
Limos and free flights: The PM perks Ardern will continue to enjoy after politics
Former Prime Ministers are eligible for a number of perks once they exit the role.