Cam Slater: Labour’s Talent Pool Rather Shallow

Chris Hipkins has announced his cabinet reshuffle. Non-performing ministers have been axed, but the real take away from the re-shuffle is that Labour’s talent pool has proven to be rather shallow.

Bryce Edwards: Hipkins’ bread and butter reshuffle

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins continues to be the new broom in Government, re-setting his Government away from its problem areas in his Cabinet reshuffle yesterday, and trying to convince voters that Labour is focused on “bread and butter” issues.

The ministers responsible for unpopular reforms in water and DHB centralisation – Nanaia Mahuta and Andrew Little – lost their portfolios and have been heavily demoted in Cabinet.