21 Jun 2022

Chris Hipkins looking into new powers for police

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 21 June 2022

The brand new Police Minister says he has a plan to give the front line officers more pratical powers, amid rising violence and gang tensions. 

It's been just over a week since Chris Hipkins took over as Police Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle. 

The Minister told Morning Report he will have a plan on new changes for police within a couple of weeks. 

He spoke to Corin Dann.