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Chris Hipkins

Candidate for Remutaka
Currently serving: MP for Rimutaka, Parliament of New Zealand Labour
Party Labour
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Contested 8 races — 4 elected 4 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Remutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Source Booth results
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 54.2%
    22,344 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Remutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Source
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 68.6%
    29,217 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Rimutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Source
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: Hipkins
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Rimutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Source
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • MP for Rimutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Oct 2020 – present
  • MP for Rimutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Nov 2008 – Oct 2020
In the News
Te Pāti Māori President John Tamihere backs substance of Tākuta Ferris post, Labour’s Chris Hipkins sends warning
NZ Herald — September 16, 2025

Hipkins said he disagreed with the sentiment.

Tākuta Ferris row tests Labour–Te Pāti Māori ties
The Spinoff — September 12, 2025

The MP’s refusal to back down and a Treaty ‘bottom line’ could be key factors in whether the two parties can work together next year.

Live: Chris Hipkins says Stuart Nash ‘free to rewrite history however he wants’
The Post — September 9, 2025

After a two week recess MPs are back in Parliament and the political week is shaping up to be dominated about questions about the dramatic end to fugitive Tom Phillips’ four years on the run with his three children.

Labour’s Chris Hipkins won’t call Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris’ Instagram post ‘racist’, says those labels aren’t helpful
NZ Herald — September 9, 2025

That's despite him saying in 2023 that racism should be called out.

Hipkins teases Labour’s emissions-reduction ambitions
The Post — September 9, 2025

The Government’s “minimum viable” climate emissions plan is criticised as Chris Hipkins promises stronger ETS, and a price on methane.

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