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Ministerial List

Details of the Ministerial List as at 20 March 2023 are set out in the attached file.

Notes:

  • all Ministers are members of the Executive Council
  • the Parliamentary Under-Secretaries are part of executive government, but are not members of the Executive Council
  • portfolios are listed in the left-hand column. Other responsibilities assigned by the Prime Minister are listed in the right-hand column.

Cabinet Ministers
Portfolios Other responsibilities
1

Rt Hon Chris Hipkins

Prime Minister
Minister for National Security and Intelligence
Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services
2

Hon Carmel Sepuloni

Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Social Development and Employment
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pacific Region)
3

Hon Kelvin Davis

Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
Minister for Children
Minister of Corrections
Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)
4

Hon Grant Robertson

Minister of Finance
Minister for Sport and Recreation
Minister for Cyclone Recovery
Leader of the House
5

Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing
Minister for Infrastructure
Minister of Energy and Resources
Minister for Building and Construction
Associate Minister of Finance
6

Hon Jan Tinetti

Minister of Education
Minister for Women
Minister for Child Poverty Reduction
7

Hon Michael Wood

Minister of Immigration
Minister of Transport
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister for Auckland
Associate Minister of Finance
8

Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall

Minister of Health
Minister of Research, Science and Innovation
9

Hon Willie Jackson

Minister for Broadcasting and Media
Minister for Māori Development
Associate Minister for ACC
Associate Minister of Housing (Māori Housing)
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment (Māori Employment)
10

Hon Kiri Allan

Minister of Justice
Minister for Regional Development
Associate Minister of Transport
11

Hon Damien O'Connor

Minister of Agriculture
Minister for Biosecurity
Minister for Land Information
Minister for Trade and Export Growth
12

Hon Andrew Little

Minister of Defence
Minister Responsible for the GCSB
Minister Responsible for the NZSIS
Minister for the Public Service
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s
Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into
the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques
13

Hon David Parker

Attorney-General
Minister for the Environment
Minister of Revenue
Associate Minister of Finance
14

Hon Peeni Henare

Minister for ACC
Minister of Tourism
Minister for Whānau Ora
Associate Minister for the Environment
Associate Minister of Health (Māori Health)
15

Hon Nanaia Mahuta

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control
Associate Minister for Māori Development
16

Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan

Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector
Minister for Disability Issues
Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment
Associate Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
17

Hon Kieran McAnulty

Minister for Emergency Management
Minister of Local Government
Minister for Racing
Minister for Rural Communities
Deputy Leader of the House
18

Hon Ginny Andersen

Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications
Minister of Police
Minister for Seniors
Minister for Small Business
Associate Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
19

Hon Barbara Edmonds

Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister for Pacific Peoples
Associate Minister of Health (Pacific Peoples)
Associate Minister of Housing
Associate Minister for Cyclone Recovery
Associate Minister of Immigration
20

Hon Stuart Nash

Minister for Economic Development
Minister of Forestry
Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
Ministers outside Cabinet
Portfolios Other responsibilities
 

Hon Meka Whaitiri

Minister of Customs
Minister for Food Safety
Minister for Veterans
Associate Minister of Agriculture (Animal Welfare)
Associate Minister of Statistics
 

Hon Dr Duncan Webb

Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Minister for State Owned Enterprises
 

Hon Willow-Jean Prime

Minister of Conservation
Minister for Youth
Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
Associate Minister of Health
 

Hon Rino Tirikatene

Minister for Courts
Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth
 

Hon Dr Deborah Russell

Minister of Statistics
Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission
Associate Minister of Justice
Associate Minister of Revenue
Co-operation agreement Ministers
Portfolios Other responsibilities

Hon Marama Davidson

Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence
Associate Minister of Housing (Homelessness)

Hon James Shaw

Minister of Climate Change
Associate Minister for the Environment (Biodiversity)
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries

Jo Luxton MP

Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Education
Last updated: 
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

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