{"id":467636,"date":"2026-06-09T01:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/467636\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T01:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:11:13","slug":"done-at-the-last-minute-deliberately-hipkins-defends-senior-cop-recruited-into-labours-top-ranks-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/467636\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Done at the last minute deliberately\u2019: Hipkins defends senior cop recruited into Labour\u2019s top ranks &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxNNEdoMm5OaVBqOVJaVXMwWEJOTjlxNWpVX1pkN1dfc0JZekYtQm9ZcXBQeTZlLS0wX0RydmFsWDJudGx4QktCVGNyaGlrMjRfOUNYSUZJU1BuTHF1T1VoZE1mb01BWnFQVFE3UWJiSjFvS1JQTGNZSjFmMGZBMTdwcV9xRWVfbG5KMUhic2FYUElnUTQwVnQ3TVR6ZzBiS216MjRfZlpqQ2NRdVJGeDJhZFN6Y2gyYjgzWW1QMWc2LXhRbFFIM0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Done at the last minute deliberately\u2019: Hipkins defends senior cop recruited into Labour\u2019s top ranks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNTGVPWk9mTXUzSUZLMGF1TjhlNkI3eEl3a0l0cHlmckF5b0hJRFh0RG82a2hrY0lwSWhDeHBnbWhUb0VIS1NYWHAweXlrS0Vtc2pGZ3JVcGtKbjhMWkpxVXY2TEtpaktiYm1MVHpoMlBmdUlxV3JUWFM2RTN0ellaNFgxR28xZFlaci1vZ2t3aTRVWk5hWkVFcmxsMl8zUWt3RGZ1MjBJVHJlYXI4R0hIYVU1Zk51RVlFVFZrRzlJVFNCX0ZmRjg5Yldn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Untenable&#8217; for Labour&#8217;s new candidate to continue as superintendent &#8211; Police Commissioner<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7AFBVV95cUxPaDFJdFFSNkdSTmNBLVBrZXBWNHN0ZExER09TTl81RTVDZDFQS3FIX3pOT3dOc2VWdk8zNWZTWTVGM1ZwVjZxWEZ5TC1VSXB5OFhYQ0pvNklaOURnSnZRcVpWaGVhUGtsTzhzNERtd0RmZWlvNWV6NkxRMkxJQnRmZmpsM0MxX1hDdkpPTnFhYk5Zc2pvYVFTQWctQU1IV3hoSklKZUdBY3RnMmNvUzVLU3RKeXBIemxtazV2a2pnQ2FCRl9KUHVUcFdRNF90WHRsY3ZXalIxYmhBVEFzNUU0ZlRZN3VoWlZieS1iTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Untenable\u2019: Police superintendent to be removed from role after revealing Labour candidacy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNSU5oWDJtcnltYUNOSW5EQ2U1TDBzYnJTZXRiU1FPQXQ1YWYzaFZ6S0pVRDMxVGZoZld4ak0zMl9jWHhlZGt0bEF0TWpNY3lNSy1lLXd6cFBHbmpfUW5SQzlDdVBQUTlqSWU0aFpCb2tSejIwLUt6MnlKaWkyc2l5bWVRQ2ZqV19Kb3ZmTWNtUHU2cDBqTmhWR0xSeUVBQWdTZVBjMQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hipkins backs cop&#8217;s Labour run as police boss, minister slam timing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxQM0J3Z1QyZlpOblM5Q210Wi03M2k0WDY4dkZfYk5SYUUyWWo2Q2ZxN2JxQThRRFNOSnAyNFZtT0t6NGNDMXduSFlXT0w3RmZ0d3pCMFU3bUFTQTM5ZjFwVEZlUkpmZlEyTXVpSzF6RHBTR3RFUzZmVmdXT1huYlNYWi03d3VZWGdQVy13SkIzaUE3eVgxOTNYUFVPbFRPZ3VXZS1XZDFsN2h5SEpJZ0RJQXNMQ0FNZGMtRWExdi00MWk2V0hLczBjRWJ0ZUh2dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Untenable\u2019: Police commissioner &#8216;very disappointed&#8217; he didn&#8217;t learn of cop\u2019s Labour hopes earlier<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Done at the last minute deliberately\u2019: Hipkins defends senior cop recruited into Labour\u2019s top ranks&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff&#8216;Untenable&#8217; for Labour&#8217;s new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-467636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}