.....Hipkins have any more success than Ardern did with the top priority policy issues?
Chris Hipkins, after he became prime minister, committed to defeating the cost-of- living crisis. He proceeded to make a bonfire of policies that were at the heart of Jacinda Ardern’s administration.
But, as Richard Prebble pointed out this week, “the government has not just U-turned, it has repudiated the policies it claimed were essential”.
The number one priority for her government, Ardern proclaimed, was to eliminate child poverty. She identified so closely with the issue that she took responsibility herself for the task.
So what progress was made?
