Carmel Sepuloni

A trip to Auckland today, the annual Ratana celebrations tomorrow, and being sworn in on Wednesday means Prime Minister-designate Chris Hipkins has little ...

‘‘Over the coming week Cabinet will be making decisions on reining in some programmes and projects that aren’t essential right now. ‘‘I am energised and excited by the challenge that lies ahead ... "You shouldn’t have to be on a six-figure salary to afford to buy a new house, to support your children and to have enough to retire on," he said. ‘‘We will be making decisions on refocusing on some of the most pressing priorities and also getting some new work under way on policies that will make a real difference to Kiwis over the longer term." We will be focused on middle and low income New Zealanders and the small businesses that are doing it tough to get by." Finance Minister Grant Robertson retains his portfolio and will also be Leader of the House, although Mr Hipkins confessed during his press conference that he had not yet told Mr Robertson about that.

Their friendship dates back to Victoria University student politics, and they entered Parliament together (with Jacinda Ardern and Carmel Sepuloni) following ...

But this is politics so egos will be both plumped and pricked. Nash is a trickier proposition. He’s got too many problems in his transport and immigration ministries. The affable Welshman has worked for Labour on-and-off since the Clark years. Richard Trow, Hipkins’ senior press secretary, could also find a place in the comms strategy. Ardern’s chief spin doctor Andrew Campbell is expected to remain in place. Although they have lost their best asset in Ardern, the duo’s other secret weapon is Munro’s perennially upbeat nature. But one bump in the road might be Her background and Auckland base appeases most factions. Both men are remarkably similar in their outlook and understand each other well. [Robertson’s $3.5b income insurance](https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/129940101/govts-hallmark-income-insurance-scheme-faces-stiff-political-and-business-opposition) [ scheme](https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/129940101/govts-hallmark-income-insurance-scheme-faces-stiff-political-and-business-opposition) – a hot potato Hipkins may want to toss. [Chris Hipkins thinks he can lead Labour to victory in the election - and friends say he can do it](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131031562/chris-hipkins-thinks-he-can-lead-labour-to-victory-in-the-election--and-friends-say-he-can-do-it?rm=a)

What does a Chris Hipkins government look like compared to a Jacinda Ardern government? That's the question that will be answered this year as Hipkins embarks ...

Parker’s proposals are not contentious enough to be given the axe although Hipkins might be looking nervously at his neighbour from the Hutt, National’s new (as of Thursday) RMA spokesman Chris Bishop, who has the political chops to turn RMA reform into a massive problem for Labour if he’s not careful. U-turning now might be seen as a betrayal of the survivors of March 15, the attack that sparked the reforms. It doesn’t have the votes to get the 75 per cent majority required to lower the voting age at a general election. The scheme is likely to lose this component, particularly without Ardern to defend it. This will happen in the first few months of this year. The plan to build light rail through Auckland is probably safe. Hipkins might also decide that it’s easier to scrap the scheme wholesale. The scheme was initially quite limited, but Ardern personally fought for it to be expanded to cover all sorts of redundancies arising from health conditions - doubling its cost. This means measures to lift incomes will be front and centre of the election campaign. These changes were slated to be made early this year, and perhaps funded in the Budget. It’s funded by a 1.39 cent levy on the earnings of workers and employers - a levy that looks an awful lot like a tax. He teased a more economic, business-focused agenda, suggesting a gentle nudge to the centre.

Incoming prime minister Chris Hipkins and new deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni are promising to rein in some government programs that are less "essential" after ...

Then we were right in the middle of a global pandemic; now we are dealing with the economic aftermath of that. But I know that many people in New Zealand, many families, are struggling at the moment. I know that people are worried about paying their grocery bills and paying their mortgages. "We're in a very different position now to what we were in when we campaigned in 2020. "It is still a Labour government. He said today he expects to make an announcement on a cabinet reshuffle next week.

Let us look up and see ahead: Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Designates (Instagram CS).

After the spectacular victory of the Labour Party in the general election 2020, Hipkins was reappointed as Education Minister. Hipkins has been an elected Member of Parliament from the Remutaka (earlier known as Rimutaka) Constituency since 2008. Arden has been accused of ‘dividing the Nation,’ an accusation that Hipkins must try and amend. But the Labour MPs know that this is not the time to test their muscles but to enter the election mode with a sense of purpose. In an era of coups and in-house piques and leaks, the unanimous choice of Hipkins as the Leader of the Labour Party demonstrates unity and solidarity. He was the General Secretary of the Labour Party and hence knows how politics works.

He chose Carmel Sepuloni as his deputy, marking the first time a person with Pacific Island heritage rises to that rank.

19](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/19/new-zealands-jacinda-ardern-resign-february) that she would step down as New Zealand’s leader, saying she no longer has "that bit extra in the tank to do the job justice. "And that you can be your own kind of leader — one who knows when it's time to go." - “I want to acknowledge the significance of this for our Pacific community,” Sepuloni said. [mass shooting](https://www.axios.com/2019/03/16/new-zealand-mourns-vigils-held-families-await-news-loved-ones), and helped pass major [gun control measures](https://www.axios.com/2019/03/22/new-zealand-gun-ban) in its aftermath, and was praised for her handling of both that situation and guiding the country through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. - He will hold the position until the party's term ends. The country’s next general election is scheduled for Oct.

Leaders in the Pacific community are singing the praises of the country's first deputy prime minister of Pacific descent.

I liken it to pushing someone over who is wanting and trying to get up, while yelling at them to get up." All of those things that we see in our own lives, our families' lives, and our communities. [report from Child Poverty Action Group](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/457439/slow-pace-of-welfare-reform-increasing-pandemic-related-inequity-report) found almost three years on from the Welfare Expert Advisory Group's 42 recommendations for overhauling the system, none had been fully implemented. She brings strength, courage, and determination, to do what is required, and I believe her humility is something that will take us forward greatly." That I would be a politician. "We can see the unfairness unfolding around us, whether it be health statistics or educational outcomes.

Incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins - who is taking over the reins from Jacinda Ardern just nine months away from the general elections - chose Carmel ...

I liken it to pushing someone over who is wanting and trying to get up, while yelling at them to get up." All of those things that we see in our own lives, our families' lives, and our communities. She brings strength, courage, and determination, to do what is required, and I believe her humility is something that will take us forward greatly." So, I think it's really difficult not to feel political in some way." That I would be a politician. "We can see the unfairness unfolding around us, whether it be health statistics or educational outcomes.

A mother, daughter of a migrant and an “OG Taranaki girl” – they are some of the ways Aotearoa New Zealand's new Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni describes ...

[Prime Minister Chris Hipkins](https://asiapacificreport.nz/2023/01/22/chris-hipkins-becomes-nzs-new-prime-minister-there-are-two-ways-it-can-go-from-here/) on Sunday, Sepuloni said she would back Hipkins “every step of the way” and was humbled to be chosen as his deputy. can become the deputy prime minister of New Zealand — and now I get to back up the boy from the Hutt” . . She said she represented “generations of New Zealanders with mixed heritage” and acknowledged the significance of the moment to Pacific communities. She acknowledged outgoing prime minister and deputy Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson and said they were “big shoes to fill”. A mother, daughter of a migrant and an “OG Taranaki girl” – they are some of the ways Aotearoa New Zealand’s new Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni describes herself,

Mangere MP and Pacific People's Minister Aupito William Sio says Carmel Sepuloni taking over as deputy prime minister is the fulfilment of a dream for many ...

Incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins faces a huge week ahead, reshuffling his Cabinet and weighing up his Government's priorities.

Kelvin Davis will stay on as the Labour Party’s deputy leader. But people want to know where we’re focused on those things,” he said. “A lot has happened in a year and so there is a need for us, as a Government, to refocus and to make sure that we’re really focused on those bread and butter issues that New Zealanders are focused on at the moment.” If we don’t do any reform at all we’re talking potentially thousands of dollars a year extra on peoples’ rates.” “I wanted to make the most of that opportunity because I don’t know that there’ll be much more opportunity for that in the next nine months.” “I’ve had an opportunity of the summer to take a break and I wanted to do that because I also knew that if I was going to be taking on a bigger challenge then I wanted to make sure I was coming back re-energised and refreshed. He said his parents had a nervous reaction to the news he would be prime minister and were very supportive, even in regards to the “pressure political leaders are put under,” he said. ”We’re doing everything we can to contribute to getting the inflationary situation under control and we’re supporting them through what is going to be a choppy six months or so, they want to know that we are supporting them through that.” “I knew she was considering if she had enough in the tank,” he told the AM Show. ”Nine months is a challenge, but we can do a lot in nine months, and we will,” he said. Hipkins said Kiwi families were “feeling a pinch” at the moment and wanted to know the Government had their back. He said Labour’s values had not changed, but the country’s circumstances had, so his Government would “evolve and adapt” to the changes.