Chris Hipkins says he has no regret over his level of involvement with the Covid inquiry.
The Labour leader was criticised for not appearing at the public hearing when the Royal Commission was gathering evidence.
Hipkins told Mike Hosking on the Leaders Breakfast he answered every question thrown at him.
He also says the reviews of the Reserve Bank’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic were “largely fair”.
An independent review of the bank’s response found that stimulus was kept in place for too long as the economy recovered, contributing to the wave of inflation that shook the economy after the pandemic.
Hipkins says the reviews were in line with reviews of other central banks’ responses to the pandemic, but you could argue they got that a bit wrong.
On an education note, the Labour Leader isn't budging on his vow to scrap charter schools, if elected.
The Labour Leader has pledged to transition the existing ones into the public education system.
Hipkins told Mike Hosking on the Leaders Breakfast they're being funded at, on a per student basis, a much higher rate, and if you look at the overhead costs, in some cases they're leaving themselves and potentially the kids quite exposed.
He says he has plenty of examples of charter schools going wrong, including a school that was going to close in the middle of the school term because its property lease expired.
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