Source: Radio New Zealand
Labour leader Chris Hipkins. RNZ / Mark Papalii
Chris Hipkins is speaking to Morning Report shortly. You can listen on the player above, your app or your local RNZ frequency.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins is set to face question on Morning Report after rejecting allegations made against him by his ex-wife.
The allegations – which do not relate to any unlawful activity – were posted on Jade Paul’s private Facebook page on Sunday evening but have since been removed.
Each of the claims, which relate to accusations of a lack of support during the marriage and after, were put to Hipkins directly. He denied them all in turn.
Hipkins said marriage breakups were very difficult, and there would always be disagreements or “things that you regret” when relationships break up, but “a public forum like this is not the way to litigate those”.
Asked if his children were okay, Hipkins choked up and said: “My kids are.. my kids are with her, so I don’t know.”
Asked if the situation could be damaging for Labour, he said he hoped not, and said standing down wasn’t something he considered.
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