Details of the new Government

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.

• New additions to Cabinet include:

  • Hon Peeni Henare;

  • Hon Willie Jackson;

  • Jan Tinetti [new Minister];

  • Michael Wood [new Minister];

  • Kiri Allan [new Minister];

  • Hon Dr David Clark [returning to Cabinet]; and

  • Ayesha Verrall [new Minister, first term MP].

• New Labour Ministers outside of Cabinet include:

  • Hon Phil Twyford [demoted from Cabinet];

  • Hon Meka Whaitiri; and

  • Priyanca Radhakrishnan.

• 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.