Chris Hipkins
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Chris Hipkins’s Elections & Candidacies
Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.
Contested 8 races — 4 elected 4 not elected
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Final Not elected
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MP for RemutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: HIPKINS, ChrisFinal ElectedVote share • 54.2%22,344 votes
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Final Not elected
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MP for RemutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: HIPKINS, ChrisFinal ElectedVote share • 68.6%29,217 votes
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Final Not elected
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MP for RimutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: HIPKINS, ChrisFinal Elected
Offices held
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MP for RimutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: LabourOct 2020 – present
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MP for RimutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: LabourNov 2008 – Oct 2020
In the News
Hipkins still leaving door open to Te Pāti Māori, despite Toitū boycott
Stuff — October 2, 2025There could still be a place for Te Pāti Māori in a government led by Labour, with Chris Hipkins refusing to rule them out as partners - despite the Toitū Te Tiriti movement distancing itself.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Te Pāti Māori ‘a long way away’ from Government amid Toitū Te Tiriti split
NZ Herald — October 2, 2025Leader Chris Hipkins isn't ready to reveal who Labour could work with in Government.
Listen to The Country online: Opposition leader Chris Hipkins on Labour’s plan for agriculture
NZ Herald — October 2, 2025Plus listen to Harriet Bremner-Pinckney, Mark Ferguson, Deanne Parkes and Chris Russell.
Was it a stunt? Did it get leaked? The strange story behind the 'bipartisan' letter
Stuff — September 30, 2025It was meant to be a plea for bipartisanship for a long-term oil and gas plan, but instead it’s left Chris Hipkins blasting the Prime Minister’s office, calling it a media stunt that flies in the face of bipartisanship.
Chris Hipkins isn't really doing much, but there's a reason for that
Stuff — September 26, 2025With no new policies of their own to talk about, are Labour MPs just keeping their heads down, staying the course and hoping for the Coalition Government to implode?
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