Jacinda Ardern was mobbed as she left New Zealand’s Parliament, completing a transition that began with her shock resignation last week.
“It feels pretty real now,” Mr Hipkins said in his first comments as PM after the official photo had been taken.
Jacinda Ardern, centre, Chris Hipkins, far left, and her caucus arrive at Ratana, New Zealand on Tuesday.Mr Hipkins and Ms Sepuloni were congratulated by Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro, who signed their warrants of appointment.Family and friends of the new leadership pair, including several cabinet ministers, packed Government House’s ballroom for the occasion.
Only one MP - Ibrahim Omer - revealed a preference for leader, saying he attempted to get Finance Minister Grant Robertson to consider a tilt, calling him the “natural successor”. At government house, he told Dame Cindy this was his “biggest privilege and responsibility of my life”.Following Mr Hipkins’ ascension to the Labour leadership, MPs then backed West Auckland-based MP Ms Sepuloni as his deputy.
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