Hipkins, 44, must still get an endorsement Sunday from his Labour Party colleagues in Parliament but that is just a formality now.
Ardern shocked the nation of 5 million people Thursday when she announced she was resigning after five-and-a-half years in the top role. The lack of other candidates indicated party lawmakers had rallied behind Hipkins to avoid a drawn-out contest and any sign of disunity following Ardern’s departure.
Hipkins will have less than eight months in the role before contesting a general election. Opinion polls have indicated that Labour is trailing the main opponent, the conservative National Party. Hipkins rose to public prominence during the coronavirus pandemic, when he took on a kind of crisis management role. But he and other liberals have long been in the shadow of Ardern, who became aJust 37 when she became leader, Ardern was praised around the world for her handling of the nation’s worst-ever mass shooting and the early stages of the pandemic. But she faced mounting political pressures at home and a level of vitriol from some that previous New Zealand leaders hadn’t faced.
Why does he look like someone just told him Santa isn’t real
Correction. Advancing the power of media enable message control, globaly.
The new PM of The Shire is named Hipkins? But of course he is!
Nobody will remember him or care.
Another radical leftist
So now they will instal an even bigger tirany in schools
Y'all couldn't find a better picture of that dude? Damn.
One draconian puppet leaves before they can be held accountable, another one replaces them. Rinse and repeat for perpetual corruption.
LOL replace one clown with another
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