Incoming prime minister Chris Hipkins and new deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni are promising to rein in some government programs that are less “essential”, after quickly establishing their new leadership team.<\/p>\n
The Labour Party held a brief caucus meeting this afternoon to unanimously confirm Hipkins as the new party leader and prime minister, with Hipkins confirmed to appoint Sepuloni as the new deputy prime minister.<\/p>\n
Sepuloni – the MP for Kelston in West Auckland – is the first deputy prime minister of Pasifika descent.<\/p>\n
Hipkins will be officially sworn in on Wednesday and will hold his first cabinet meeting and press conference as PM later that day. He said today he expects to make an announcement on a cabinet reshuffle this week<\/p>\n
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