Chris Hipkins faces questions during Christchurch campaign visit

NZ HeraldStuffMonday 28 September 2026 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins visited Riverside Market in Christchurch to visit a local gelato shop. During the visit, Hipkins was reportedly stumped by a question while participating in an informal campaign poll involving various political-themed ice cream flavours.

Key facts

4 facts
  • Chris Hipkins visited Rollickin Gelato in Christchurch during a campaign walkStuff
  • The shop uses seven political party-inspired gelato flavours for an unofficial pollStuff
  • Hipkins identified his favourite politician from the other side as Chris PenkStuff
  • Hipkins stated his favourite superpower is teleportationStuff

The full story

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins visited Riverside Market in Christchurch today. During his walk, he stopped at Rollickin Gelato, a shop that holds an informal 'scoop poll' using seven political party-inspired flavours.Stuff

While at the shop, staff asked the Leader of the Opposition several questions. Hipkins was unable to answer which person's foot he would want to be on if he were a shoe for a day.Stuff

Hipkins said.Stuff

Other questions during the visit included his preference for a lion as an animal and teleportation as a superpower. He also identified rocky road as the ice cream flavour that best represents Christchurch and named Chris Penk as his favourite politician from the opposing side.Stuff

Compiled from reports by NZ Herald and Stuff.

How they headlined it

First reported by NZ Herald, Mon 28 Sep, 12:30pm · 2 reports from 2 outlets over 89 minutes
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