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Senior Political Correspondent·NZ Herald·
23 Oct, 2026 04:20 AM5 mins to read
Audrey Young, Senior Political Correspondent at the New Zealand Herald based at Parliament, specialises in writing about politics and power.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins (clockwise, from top left), National leader Christopher Luxon, Act leader David Seymour and Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara.
Labour’s traumatic week
There is no point saying that Chris Hipkins handled the resignation of his Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Kerrin Leoni very well. It is such a piffling consolation within a major catastrophe in the election campaign. But she had to go. It was the best of
Source: New Zealand Herald · Audrey Young
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