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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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Watch: The Police Minister will reassess the schemes once current funding runs out.

Revealed: Govt extends fog cannon subsidy, but won't commit to new money after current funding runs dry

"I am really confident that we are going to reach an agreement."

Revealed: Govt doesn't fulfil coalition agreement commitment on time, changes timeframes

Watch: David Seymour has accused the Waitangi Tribunal of political meddling after it made confidential documents about the proposed Treaty Principles legislation public.

Treaty of Waitangi

'Sticking their oar in': Seymour accuses Waitangi Tribunal of meddling after it makes confidential Treaty Principles docs public

Jamie Ensor reports.

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

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

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

Foreign Affairs

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

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

Luxon has set out the pathway to his new target of $2 billion worth of trade with Fiji.

Christopher Luxon sets out pathway to reach $2b trade target with Fiji

Watch: It's Luxon's first whirlwind tour across the Pacific Islands, and he met with Fiji's PM on Thursday..

Pacific Islands

Luxon talks trade, visas, security with Fiji's PM Rabuka

Watch: It's hoped Niue will be able to generate 80 percent of its electricity from renewables with the investment.

Pacific Islands

NZ Government to contribute more than $20 million to Niue for renewable energy project

Watch: A number of New Zealand First's coalition promises are rolling in the green.

NZ First emerges as a Budget big winner

Watch: The Police Minister will reassess the schemes once current funding runs out.

Revealed: Govt extends fog cannon subsidy, but won't commit to new money after current funding runs dry

"I am really confident that we are going to reach an agreement."

Revealed: Govt doesn't fulfil coalition agreement commitment on time, changes timeframes

There's concern renting will get more insecure after a Bill re-introducing 90-day no-cause terminations for periodic tenancies passed its first reading.

Concern Govt policy will make renting more insecure

Watch: David Seymour has accused the Waitangi Tribunal of political meddling after it made confidential documents about the proposed Treaty Principles legislation public.

Treaty of Waitangi

'Sticking their oar in': Seymour accuses Waitangi Tribunal of meddling after it makes confidential Treaty Principles docs public

About $100 million of the funding boost comes from savings found at the Defence Force.

'Can't get blood out of a stone': Collins says NZDF did 'well' finding savings

Watch: The Government has confirmed its plan to deliver tax cuts to nearly every household in the country.

Willis confirms 'overdue tax relief' for 83 pct of Kiwis in first pre-Budget speech

Watch: The Auditor General found errors with 2023's election vote count were caused by ineffective processes and improper risk management.

Lost ballot box and dual votes: Concerning report reveals why counting errors occurred in 2023 election

Watch: A new report released today says New Zealand should increase the fiscal buffer it has in case another natural disaster strikes.

OECD report: NZ needs to get inflation down, boost productivity, improve educational achievement

"This is not my first legal rodeo."

Foreign Affairs

Winston Peters, Bob Carr drama overshadows China speech

It was another chaotic day at Parliament.

Foreign Affairs

Peters doesn't back away from Carr criticisms as Labour calls for sacking

Watch: Julie Anne Genter's outburst at Matt Doocey.

The Green Party

'Extraordinary': Shock at Parliament over Genter outburst - here's how MPs from across the spectrum are reacting

Goldsmith spoke in Geneva.

Countries call for Govt to get businesses to address modern slavery, PM says legislation 'not priority'

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