LISTEN LIVE TO NEWSTALK ZB - CHRIS HIPKINS ON AT 5:05pm:Incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins faces a huge week ahead, reshuffling his Cabinet and weighing up his Government’s priorities. He joins Newstalk ZB’s Heather du Plessis-Allan to talk through the latest. ”Nine months is a challenge, but we can do a lot in nine months, and we will,” he said. In his first round of media interviews as the new Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister this morning, Hipkins said the conversation happened shortly before the Christmas break. Carmel Sepuloni became the first Pasifika person to be chosen as the incoming Deputy Prime Minister, replacing Grant Robertson who will retain the finance portfolio.
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