7 Nov 2023
Chris Hipkins lives to fight another day as Labour leader
Chris Hipkins has survived to fight another day as Labour leader, winning the support of his caucus colleagues in a confidence vote. Carmel Sepuloni will take over as deputy from Kelvin Davis. The party's MPs met at a conference room in Upper Hutt today to thrash out their election defeat and map a way forward. They emerged with a blank slate on policy, which mean a capital gains or wealth tax could be back on the table for next election. Here's our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.