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Jamie Ensor

Jamie Ensor

Jamie Ensor is a Newshub Political Reporter based in Wellington's Parliamentary Press Gallery.

He studied journalism at AUT and began his career at Newshub in 2017 as an autocue operator before interning with Newshub Nation. He became a member of the digital team in 2018 and reported on a number of major news events, including NZ and US elections, the Grace Millane murder trial, the Christchurch shooting, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jamie joined the Press Gallery in 2022 and now works as a television political reporter.

Email: jamie.ensor@wbd.com

Follow him on Twitter: @JamieEnsor

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Official advice makes clear a connection.

Foreign Affairs

PM won't acknowledge link between Israel-Gaza conflict and Houthi Red Sea attacks

Jamie Ensor reports.

'Fending off journos': Fmr Chief Human Rights Cmmr blindsided by minister's announcement on live TV

'Reached for hope, voted for change': Incoming PM Luxon thanks NZ as National triumphs, Labour flops, loses safe seats

Watch: Chris Hipkins fronts media after questions from Newshub.

Hipkins wrong on fizzy ban, corrects record after Newshub questions

Related video: David Seymour savages Ministry for Pacific Peoples after $40k farewell revealed.

Public Services

Ministry cancels $88k hui amid pressure on agencies to reduce spending, yet to recoup all money

Watch: Hipkins spoke to media on Tuesday.

New Zealanders will see through Hipkins' 'change' charade as election slips away from Labour

Watch Jackson talk about the minimum wage.

Jackson clarifies claim ACT, Nats would lower minimum wage made during boisterous election debate

Watch: The PM and Allan spoke to reporters earlier.

'Didn't cross my mind': Race Relations Cmmr speaks out as MP donation revelations emerge

Newshub can reveal the PMO never responded to an email that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would be involved in a documentary featuring Jacinda Ardern.

Emails revealed: Fallout of Ardern in Harry, Meghan Netflix show trailer, claim former PM's involvement was 'misrepresented'

Foreign Affairs

'Daddy, are you a spy?': Govt staffer denies passing sensitive information to Chinese Govt, watchdog looking into his complaint

Related: An inquiry into the justice system's impact on Māori began at the Waitangi Tribunal last year.

Treaty of Waitangi

Report recommending Crown land be returned to Māori front of mind at Waitangi

The Government says it's doing work to identify human rights issues in supply chains.

Foreign Affairs

Govt doesn't know if most of NZ's imported solar panels made through slave labour

Latest from Jamie Ensor

Watch: PM Christopher Luxon has sacked his first ministers.

Melissa Lee gone from Cabinet, Penny Simmonds out of Disability Issues role

Jamie Ensor reports.

Revealed: Police wanted significant new powers as part of gang patch crackdown

The controversial Three Strikes law is set to return - but with some tweaks. Political reporter Jamie Ensor explains.

Govt reinstating Three Strikes law - here's what it means

"The simple number of people being hired doesn't mean you get better results."

Public Services

'Everybody is gnashing, wailing': Seymour calls for 'reality check' after job cut outcry

Watch: Jamie Ensor reports.

Members of school lunches team at ministry potentially in job cut firing line

The Government's hoping more landlords will open their doors to renters with pets by allowing them to charge tenants "pet bonds".

Government making it easier for renters to own pets - at a cost

"We want to see a much more proactive approach."

Transport Minister says it's 'not acceptable' third of NZ roads overdue for renewal

Watch: An investigation into child exploitation allegations at Zirka Circus resulted in kids being returned to China.

Stanford says not a priority to change visa kids were allegedly exploited under

Winston Peters took aim at the veto power held by powerful countries at the UN.

Foreign Affairs

Peters' Israel-Gaza comments welcomed, but analyst says could have gone further

Official advice makes clear a connection.

Foreign Affairs

PM won't acknowledge link between Israel-Gaza conflict and Houthi Red Sea attacks

Watch: The Government's promising to loosen the rules around the use of overseas building products to make it cheaper and easier to build new houses.

'Major shake-up': Luxon announces plan to make building easier and cheaper

It comes ahead of the Government extending the law to all public places.

Revealed: Only 17 fines handed out to gang members breaching patch ban laws since 2016

Watch: Nicola Willis speaks to the media after delivering the BPS.

Govt doesn't lay out key information in first Budget statement in breach of convention, surplus looks delayed

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says there's "no evidence" China has interfered in our elections after a hacking scandal.

Foreign Affairs

Luxon says 'no evidence' China interfered in NZ election after hacking scandal

Watch: The revelation came to light on Thursday in a damning report.

'Serious issues of democratic accountability': NZ spies hosted intelligence system deployed by 'foreign agency'

But the deputy Prime Minister is showing no sign he's listening or willing to back down from his Nazi Germany comments.

Peters marches past media playing Chumbawamba, PM tells all political leaders to 'grow up'

Watch: The school where David Seymour was spat at says the behaviour of some of its students was unacceptable.

'Weren't doing a very good job': Seymour says students failed at tikanga after spitting at his feet

Watch: Chris Hipkins has doubled down on his accusation the Government is acting like a dictatorship.

The Labour Party

Labour MP says NZ could go the way of US, Russia, then backpedals

But Marama Davidson says there are "concerted efforts" underway to disempower her and Chlöe Swarbrick.

Number of threats against MPs fell dramatically last year

Watch: Critics are worried the new process places significant power in the hands of three ministers.

'Muldoon is back': Debate heats up over Govt's fast-track consent scheme

The Ministry of Transport says the expenditure is in line with the costs of designing other documents.

Thousands spent on design work for unreleased transport document

Police Minister Mark Mitchell hasn't read a key report saying there's little evidence Police's aerial operations targeting cannabis are disrupting supply.

Police Minister backs aerial cannabis operations, but hasn't read evidence-based reports

Police get proposed new powers to stop criminals getting guns - but some question the need.

Govt announces new plans to crack down on gang members' firearms

Watch: The Government has declared the political wing of Hamas a terrorist entity.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

Govt designates Hamas as terrorist entity

"I think you are going to be hearing an announcement before too long."

Foreign Affairs

Govt to announce shortly if it will designate Hamas' political arm a terrorist group

Watch: Mark Mitchell doesn't think it's good enough.

'Too far': Mitchell receives apology after Andersen claims he was 'paid to kill people'

She denied the new estimates had dented National's economic credibility.

Willis says Govt committed to coalition transport projects despite report showing they could cost double

Jamie Ensor reports.

'Fending off journos': Fmr Chief Human Rights Cmmr blindsided by minister's announcement on live TV

The Government is amping up its beneficiary crackdown, telling MSD that sanctions must be more vigorously applied.

Ministry of Social Development

Minister's message to MSD: Use sanctions against beneficiaries not fulfilling obligations

Jamie Ensor

'Ceasefire is urgently needed': Luxon joins Albanese, Trudeau in major statement on Israel-Gaza

"Perhaps we have touched a bit of nerve here."

Peters challenged over 'lies' claim against Shaw

Watch Jenna Lynch report on Luxon's response.

Foreign Affairs

Peters speaking with Israeli Govt over Rafah, Luxon expresses concern

Watch: Christopher Luxon announces the Three Waters replacement.

Local Government

Govt releases plans to repeal, replace Three Waters - including new advisory group

Watch: New Zealand Government welcomed with a pōwhiri on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

ACT leader David Seymour responds to being drowned out by protest waiata at Waitangi

Watch Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi speak at Waitangi.

'Righteous anger': Te Pati Māori leaders arrive with Kīngitanga at Waitangi to stand against 'three-headed taniwha' Govt

Watch: Labour and Greens welcomed to Waitangi.

Govt is 'den of lions', Davis says as Opposition arrives at Waitangi

Watch: Government's messy day in Parliament as Police Minister Mark Mitchell flip-flops, Christopher Luxon delivers own mea culpa.

Current police recruitment unable to 'achieve any desired growth', Govt warned by officials

Watch: Luxon spoke to media on Tuesday.

Treaty of Waitangi

Luxon, Seymour divided over treaty 'partnership'

Jamie Ensor reports.

Treaty of Waitangi

Seymour denies Treaty Principles Bill divisive, Jackson calls it 'most divisive of last generation'

Watch: Political Editor Jenna Lynch explains why Luxon has given Seymour responsibility for the Bill.

Treaty of Waitangi

Luxon gives Seymour new role managing Treaty Principles Bill

Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to New Zealand media on Wednesday.

Watch: Luxon faces accusations of leading 'three-headed taniwha' Govt at fiery Rātana

Related video: There has been anger and outrage across the motu at a leaked document, showing some detail of ACT's contentious Treaty Principles Bill.

Luxon ventures to Rātana as pressure builds on Govt over Treaty issues

Jamie Ensor

'Collective self-defence': NZ sends Defence Force to Middle East amid Red Sea Houthi attacks

Watch: Decision 2023 has been a mega, frenetic, rollercoaster year in politics.

Watch: Newshub wraps 2023 in politics - all the big moments

She initially wouldn't back down.

Swarbrick apologises after accusing PM of 'demonstrable lie', says she did so at earliest convenience

Watch live: Parliament is debating the Government's newly-released mini-Budget.

Fireworks in Parliament over Govt's mini-Budget

So why is the Government pulling back on these programmes?

Willis' 'economic clean-up': The $7.5b savings new Govt says necessary amid warning of 'wafer-thin' surplus, slow growth

Watch: Winston Peters walks off amid questioning if he knows English name for Kāinga Ora, doesn't say he does.

Fire in the House: Luxon speculates Hipkins could soon be rolled, accuses him of bringing family into debate

He said changing the names wasn't at the top of the agenda.

'We're not hung up on that one': Luxon defends Govt using 'Kāinga Ora' despite coalition deal to use English names

Luxon is meant to be jetting off to Australia on Wednesday.

How to get from A to B? Luxon asks for long-term options for 'proper travel' amid ongoing issues with Defence planes