Christopher Bishop

Dad to Jeremy and Matilda. Outgoing MP for Hutt South, NZ Minister of Housing, Transport, Infrastructure, RMA Reform, Associate Finance. Attorney-General.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

At least I can finally start my Substack now, Bishplease

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

I’m sorry this is just nonsense. Utter crap. Nobody was more annoyed by the quixotic Mowbray/Brash campaign than we were. His one example is also wrong. I wasn’t next to Peters, it was total news to me when it happened and I didn’t know it was coming.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

@peter_tulip Thanks Peter. That’s kind. Hoping I can continue to make a contribution in some way.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

Quick message from me.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

The person responsible for shelving the RC recommendations was Hipkins himself in his ‘policy bonfire’ after becoming PM.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

@Overhang_AoNZ @nzsd That is nonsense

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

An interesting election race. Now endorsed by a two tick Greenie and Winston Peters!

I’m working hard for everyone in Hutt South, whatever your politics.

https://t.co/iBXR9XOvWy

[NZ National Party @NZNationalParty]

Don’t leave election result to chance. Make sure National is the largest party.

[Suit and tie @Suitandtie9999]

Good grief.

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has just been asked a simple question: What is the interest rate on govt debt?

Davidson: “about 1 to 2 percent.”

The 10-year NZ govt bond yield is currently around 4.9 percent.

Davidson is completely clueless about govt debt, no wonder the Greens’ promises add up to a whopping $272 billion over four years.

[Charted Daily @Charteddaily]

New Zealand's social housing stock reached 89,077 homes in September, the highest level in decades.
The net increase over the past three years has been more than 9,000 homes.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

Turns out Labour’s ‘Rent to Buy’ policy for state house tenants is available to… 1000 people. What a fizzer. Classic Labour.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

What a fizzer. Labour’s big housing announcement today amounted to copying @NZNationalParty’s 5% deposit policy for first home loans and a more complicated version of a policy that already exists - letting KO tenants buy their homes.

[Simeon Brown @SimeonBrownMP]

Just last week I fronted up to RNZ to debate Labour’s health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall, head to head and on the record. I’d encourage everyone to have a listen, because the contrast could not be clearer.

In that debate she conceded that Labour would keep National’s health targets. Finally, an admission that they are working.

Today Chris Hipkins has torn up that promise.

This is the same Chris Hipkins who, as Health Minister and then Prime Minister, oversaw exploding waiting times, worsening emergency department performance, and a serious decline in childhood immunisation.

Now he wants to scrap the very targets fixing the mess he left behind, targets his own health spokesperson committed to keeping only days ago.

In that debate, I stood behind the progress we’ve made as a country over the past three years in our healthcare system, while acknowledging there’s more work to do. Chris Hipkins should be far less comfortable defending his record, and clearly he knows it.

That’s why he’s so desperate to distract from Labour and their mates' nine new taxes, which Kiwis are rightly concerned about.

New Zealanders remember the mess he left behind, and no amount of spin will convince them he’s the one to fix it.

Perhaps he missed the debate. He should go back and watch it.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

@Mykuhl Niche but good

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

To give Ginny credit she at least clears the low bar for shadow Minister of checking her emails

[Erica Stanford MP @EricaStanfordMP]

Fact checking Hipkins’ claim that I’ve refused to meet with Ginny Andersen.
July diary release:
Ginny Andersen Thursday 23 July 2026 at 3.30pm
Fact: It took 1 text and 3 emails from my office to Willow Jean Prime and Chris Hipkins to get a final reply saying she declined my invitation to meet.
Hipkins is trying to re-write history with complete lies and has no idea what his own MPs are up to.

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

@liamvincent26 Lange - independent central bank and inflation targeting?

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

The Herald should really stop reporting Labour Party robopolls conducted by Clint Smith’s polling company

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for having me.

[Damien Grant @damienmgrant]

Outstanding interview with @cjsbishop and Verity Johnson; we talk housing, the RMA, and the vicissitudes of a political career.

https://t.co/L15Ez8Qfjd

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

@aitkenmike They all have car parks

[Christopher Bishop @cjsbishop]

In case you wondered why RMA reform is critical, on Monday I opened 5 new one bedroom social housing units in Auckland specifically designed for autistic people. It took them 18 months to get resource consent.