Labour PM announces ministers
New Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her team for Cabinet.
As well as being prime minister, Ardern will take on the portfolios of arts, culture and heritage, and national security and intelligence. She will also be responsible for child poverty reduction.
Winston Peters has been confirmed as deputy prime minister.
He will also hold the ministerial portfolios of foreign affairs, state owned enterprises, and racing. Kelvin Davis (Labour’s deputy leader) will be minister for Crown/
Inside Cabinet
Jacinda Ardern:
PM, Arts Culture and Heritage, National Security and Intelligence, Child Poverty Reduction;
Deputy PM, Foreign Affairs, State Owned Enterprises, Racing; Crown/ Ma¯ori relations, Corrections, Tourism, associate education (Ma¯ori education);
Finance, Sport and Recreation, Associate Arts and Culture; Housing and Urban Development, Transport; Energy and Resources, Earthquake Commission, Greater Christchurch Regeneration, Research Science and Innovation; Education, State Services, Ministerial Services, leader of the house; Justice, Courts, GCSB/NZSIS, Pike River reentry, Treaty negotiations
Social Development, Disability Issues, Associate Arts and Culture and Heritage, Associate Pacific Peoples
Health, Associate Finance; AttorneyGeneral, Economic Development, Environment, Trade and Export Growth, Associate Finance;Nanaia
Ma¯ori Development, Local Government, Associate Environment; Police, Fisheries, Revenue, Small Business;
Workplace Relations and Safety, Immigration, ACC, Deputy leader of the House
Defence,
Peters:
Robertson:
Mahuta:
Jones (NZF):
Winston
Kelvin Davis:
Grant
Phil Twyford:
Megan Woods:
Chris Hipkins:
Andrew Little:
Carmel Sepuloni: David Clark:
David Parker:
Stuart Nash:
Iain Lees-Galloway:
Ron Mark (NZF):
Tracey Martin (NZF):
Veterans;
Internal Affairs, Children, Seniors, Associate Education;
Forestry, Infrastructure, Regional Economic
Shane
Ma¯ ori relations, corrections, tourism, and will be associate minister of education, responsible for Ma¯ ori education.
As expected, Grant Robertson will be finance minister, as well as the minister in charge of sport and recreation, and associate minister for arts, culture and heritage. Phil Twyford will take on a remade housing portfolio - which would include social housing, the private rental market, and Kiwibuild. Ardern said she wanted one person responsible for making sure every Kiwi had a home.
Peters revealed the existence of another 38-page document between NZ First and Labour with more detail on policy rollouts that would be released in the coming months.
Development, Associate Finance, Associate Transport;
Building and Construction, Ethnic Communities, Associate Education, Associate Health, Associate Housing and Urban Development; Agriculture, Biosecurity, Food Safety, Rural Communities, Associate Trade and Export Growth; Broadcasting, Communications, and Digital Media, Government Digital Services, Associate ACC, Associate State Services (Open Government)
Salesa:
Jenny
Damien O’Connor:
Clare Curran: Support party ministers James Shaw (Green Party):
Climate Change, Statistics, Associate Finance;
Julie Anne Genter (Greens):Women,
Associate Health, Associate Transport;
Conservation, Land Information, Associate Environment
Eugenie Sage (Greens):
Ministers outside cabinet:
Kris Faafoi: Civil Defence, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Associate Immigration; Peeni Henare: Community and Voluntary Sector, Wha¯nau Ora, Youth, Associate Social Development; Willie Jackson: Employment, Associate Ma¯ori Development; Aupito William Sio: Pacific Peoples, Associate Courts, Associate Justice; Meka Whaitiri: Customs, Associate Agriculture, Associate Crown / Ma¯ori Relations, Associate Local Government.
Under-secretaries:
Michael Wood: Ethnic Communities; Fletcher Tabuteau:Foreign Affairs, Regional Economic Development; Jan Logie: Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues).