Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today at 1pm announced her new Ministerial line-up. A summary of new Ministers, Ministers outside Cabinet and key points in the Labour/Green co-operation agreement is set out below, and you can view a table here detailing the full new Government, including all changes from the previous Government.
Key details relating to the new executive:
- The new executive will be sworn in by the Governor-General this Friday.
- The New Deputy Prime Minister will be Hon Grant Robertson.
- Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Kelvin Davis ruled himself out of being Deputy Prime Minister. However, he will continue to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
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New additions to Cabinet include:
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Hon Peeni Henare;
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Hon Willie Jackson;
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Jan Tinetti [new Minister];
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Michael Wood [new Minister];
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Kiri Allan [new Minister];
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Hon Dr David Clark [returning to Cabinet]; and
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Ayesha Verrall [new Minister, first term MP].
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New Labour Ministers outside of Cabinet include:
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Hon Phil Twyford [demoted from Cabinet];
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Hon Meka Whaitiri; and
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Priyanca Radhakrishnan.
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- Hon Jenny Salesa is no longer a Minister, and will instead become Assistant Speaker.
- Labour and the Greens formally signed a cooperation agreement on Sunday. The Agreement is a unique arrangement that:
- requires the Greens to back the government line over decisions made in their portfolios but allows the Greens to make a Cabinet note where there is deviation from Green policy;
- allows the Greens to take a different position to Labour in areas outside of their portfolios;
- contains a commitment to work together on child poverty, climate change, and the environment;
- requires the Greens not oppose Labour on confidence and supply matters;
- makes Hon James Shaw the Minister of Climate Change and Associate Minister for the Environment with a focus on biodiversity. Shaw no longer holds the Statistics or Associate Finance portfolios; and
- makes Marama Davidson the Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence and Associate Minister of Housing with a focus on homelessness. Davidson will be a first time Minister.
- The National Party has not yet announced its new Shadow Cabinet. Caucus will hold a confidence vote for its leadership soon after the final election results are announced.