#chrishipkins — Public Fediverse posts

Of everything Hipkins says in the 30 interview, the one that horrifies me most - as an activist who's spent decades struggling for ethical tech - is the answers to Guyon Espiner's questions about "AI".

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#ChrisHipkins #MOLE #AI

"We've had 4 or 5 decades... of an economic system that says 'don't worry about concentration of wealth, eventually that will flow down, everyone will be better off', and a lot of people are going, '... that's not what we're experiencing, the cost of living is getting more, we're feeling more marginalised economically, our jobs are less secure', and they want something different"

#ChrisHipkins, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/30-with-guyon-espiner?share=529f222f-cd18-45ae-9a52-39bfda42b320

Bang on, but ...

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#30 #GuyonEspiner #RNZ #NZPolitics #podcasts

Poll: National and PM nosedive to new lows, left bloc would gain power https://www.byteseu.com/1948921/ #ACTParty #ChloeSwarbrick #ChrisHipkins #ChristopherLuxon #DavidSeymour #DebbieNgarewaPacker #GreenParty #LabourParty #MaramaDavidson #NationalParty #NewZealand #NewZealandFirst #Politics #RawiriWaititi #TePatiMaori #VerianPoll #WinstonPeters

*But* ... the one thing Hipkins ought *not* to lose his leadership role over is stories about his personal life. His private business.

None of us are saints, especially in the eyes of puritan ultra-conservatives and crypto-conservative identi-Moonies. Every one of us has skeletons in the closet that scurrilous muckrakers could dig up as a basis to exclude us from political office.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=358d4088-5010-4c4c-91ba-ecd7538a2ebd

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#podcasts #RNZ #MediaWatch #privacy #MuckRaking #NZPolitics #ChrisHipkins

Hipkins, Luxon neck and neck as preferred PM – Govt gets 5/10 https://www.byteseu.com/1805083/ #ACTParty #ChloeSwarbrick #ChrisHipkins #ChristopherLuxon #DavidSeymour #DebbieNgarewaPacker #GreenParty #LabourParty #MaramaDavidson #NationalParty #NewZealand #NewZealandFirst #Politics #RawiriWaititi #TePatiMaori #VerianPoll #WinstonPeters

Te Pāti Māori support crashes after weeks of in-fighting https://www.byteseu.com/1611459/ #1newsRecommends #ACTParty #ChloeSwarbrick #ChrisHipkins #ChristopherLuxon #DavidSeymour #DebbieNgarewaPacker #GreenParty #LabourParty #MaramaDavidson #NationalParty #NewZealand #NewZealandFirst #Politics #RawiriWaititi #TePatiMaori #VerianPoll #WinstonPeters

For those who think Jack Tame is biased against the right because he regularly exposes right-wing politicians and their bullshit non-answers, here he is doing exactly the same thing to Chris Hipkins;

https://m.soundcloud.com/qandanz/chris-hipkins-will-capital-gains-tax-have-unfair-outcomes

#podcasts #TVNZ #QAndA #CGT #ChrisHipkins

"...the Charter School model is just totally, fundamentally flawed. Labour will repeal the Charter School model, we'll deal with any schools that have been established in the meantime on a case-by-case basis ..."

#ChrisHipkins, NZ Labour leader, 2025

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2025/11/05/the-bradbury-group-with-chris-hipkins-fran-osullivan-john-tamahere-simon-wilson/

This is the kind of bottom line we need to hear more of from Labour. "Charter Schools" can be converted to Special Character schools, just like the last lot.

#podcasts #WaateaNews #BradburyGroup #education #CharterSchools

"So of course spineless jellyfish Chris Hipkins doesn't want to. Oh, he agrees the punishment is "too extreme", but he says Labour is "pretty unlikely" to filibuster the debate. So, he's going to take the leverage the Speaker handed him to force the government to compromise and adopt a more appropriate penalty, and he's going to do... nothing."

@norightturnnz, 2025

https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/which-side-are-you-on-labour.html

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#NZLabour #ChrisHipkins