NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern

Speaking to Kiwi media afterwards Mr Hipkins revealed that he and his wife, Jade, had been living separately for about a year. The incoming New Zealand Prime ...

I absolutely accept that, but my family aren't and I ask that people do respect that.' In asking for his family's privacy to be respected Mr Hipkins referenced the 'enormous scrutiny and pressure' he said had been placed on Ms Ardern's family. 'As a member of Parliament and as a public figure, I've worked really hard in the time that I've been in politics to keep my family out of the public limelight,' Mr Hipkins said. Mr Hipkins acknowledged that the split had been widely rumoured in the Kiwi captial of Wellington. He made a heart-felt plea to the media and public to respect his family's privacy Mr Hipkins said the decision to live separately had been 'in the best interest of our family'.

I think we as men have a responsibility to call it out when we see it and to say that it's not okay,” incoming PM Chris Hipkins said Sunday.

“So I think we as men have a responsibility to call it out when we see it and to say that it’s not okay.” “Jacinda’s leadership has been an inspiration to women and girls everywhere,” he said. However, former prime minister Helen Clark said Ardern faced an unprecedented level of hatred and vitriol.

Hipkins, in his first round of media interviews as the new Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister, revealed the conversation happened shortly before the ...

“It is very hard to fathom that a working-class girl from Waitara who turned westie [West Auckland] ... “There is an uncertainty in New Zealanders about what we mean when we are talking about co-governance. “I want [my children] to grow up with a typical, Kiwi-kid life. Hipkins said there were some things that we did, however, need to accept - including inflation. So we might need to slow down and better explain what we’re working on. “New Zealand is in a much better position compared to most countries, economically and socially, because of Jacinda’s leadership and the critical decisions that she made.” Kelvin Davis will stay on as the Labour Party’s deputy leader. “I want to be a Prime Minister that is upfront with New Zealanders, one that doesn’t surprise people hugely, one that focuses on the issues New Zealanders want us to.” “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.” “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.” “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 reenergised and refreshed. “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.”