Why Hipkins visiting China is really about NZ politics

Why Hipkins visiting China is really about NZ politics
Chris Hipkins and his plans in China almost bring back memories of John Key. (Image: Getty)
Dileepa Fonseka
Chris Hipkins has spent a surprising amount of his life along State Highway 2.  The former Victoria University of Wellington student union leader started life in the Hutt Valley, moved down to Wellington City to study, later moved across to parliament and the Beehive as a policy analyst, was an opposition politician, then a minister before becoming the first Wellington electorate MP to serve as prime minister since 1972.  This outlook has been reflected in government priorities: sausage rolls, bread and butter, deliverables over visio...

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