Asked why reporting on ram raids appeared to have died down, Hipkins claimed, without evidence, that: “It's because your Tory owners at NZME have decided not to put it on the front page anymore. It’s still happening, it’s just NZME have decided that it’s not in the Government’s best interests and they do the National Party’s singing for them, and so they’re not covering it as much any more.”

Chris Hipkins really seems to have grown a massive pair since the last election, I like him more every time he speaks.