A former Labour Minister says the Party's Caucus has made the right move in re-selecting Chris Hipkins as its leader this morning.

Hipkins says he plans to stay on as leader until the next election.

Former Cabinet Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says Hipkins is the right choice, for now.

"Labour needs to spend the time taking stock of the election results- and how they got there."

Lees-Galloway says Hipkins has 18 months to prove he's the right man, or someone else will need to step up.

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