Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand’s next prime minister after emerging as the only candidate Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins still needs the endorsement from his Labour Party colleagues, but that’s believed to be a formality at this point. He’d have just over eight months in the role until the next general election. “It’s a big day for a boy from the... 

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins recently conducted an official state visit to China, marking his first visit since assuming office earlier this year. During the trip, several economic and trade agreements were signed between the two nations. Notably, Hipkins expressed a differing viewpoint from Joe Biden’s characterization of Xi Jinping as a “dictator,” which had strained... 

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins found himself at a loss for words at a press conference on Monday when asked by journalist Sean Plunket of The Platform how Wellington would “define a woman.” The PM nervously said the question had “come slightly out of left field” for him, tossing up a few possibilities – “biology, sex, gender” – before committing to the latter. “People define...