Herald asks if voters can trust Hipkins

The Herald editorial:

The credibility of Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins has taken yet another blow.

On Friday, the Herald exclusively revealed on its front page that Hipkins, the former Covid Response Minister, was made aware of the potential vaccine risks in March 2022, when tens of thousands of 12- to 17-year-olds had yet to get a second jab.

Hipkins had earlier claimed he never got the advice.

In fact Hipkins had received continuous advice on this issue from July 2021.

Almost all Kiwi parents would have wanted to hear that advice and to be able to make an informed and personal decision about whether their child had a second dose.

You can’t make an informed decision without the information.

During the height of Covid in 2022, Hipkins was forced to formally apologise to journalist Charlotte Bellis after he released personal information without her consent and making false statements about her.

Later that year, there were more calls for a Hipkins apology and retraction after he and the Government accused a woman of providing false information to gain travel permits to cross the Northland border – sending the region into lockdown.

In 2023, after Cyclone Gabrielle, Hipkins was again forced into an apology, this time to road workers after he publicly cast doubt over their claims they had been threatened with guns.

Wow, almost as if there is a pattern!

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