After being elected to Parliament in 2008 the maiden speech of Hipkins was substantially around education policy.
He was Labour’s spokesperson for education 2011 – 2017.
He was Minister for Education from 2017 until February 2023. This is approximately 88% of the time Labour were in power.
Tinetti took over in February until the election. Together, I believe, they oversaw the worst education oversight by government in living memory.
Whenever the recent six...