Ministerial List

for announcement on Thursday, 27 June 20191

Notes:
1. All Ministers are members of the Executive Council.
2. The Parliamentary Under-Secretaries are part of executive government, but are not members of the
Executive Council.
3. 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 Jacinda Ardern
Prime Minister Minister for Child Poverty Reduction
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
Minister for National Security and
Intelligence

2 Rt Hon Winston Peters

Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control
Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Minister for Racing

3 Hon Kelvin Davis

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

4 Hon Grant Robertson

Minister of Finance Minister Responsible for the Earthquake
Commission
Minister for Sport and Recreation
Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and
Heritage

1
These changes will take effect on 28 June 2019, other than the appointment of Poto Williams which will take effect on
Wednesday, 3 July 2019.

287622v1 1
 CABINET MINISTERS

Portfolios Other responsibilities

5 Hon Phil Twyford
Minister for Economic Development
Minister of Transport
Minister for Urban Development

6 Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Energy and Resources
Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration
Minister of Housing
Minister of Research, Science and Innovation

7 Hon Chris Hipkins

Minister of Education Leader of the House
Minister of State Services Minister Responsible for Ministerial
Services

8 Hon Andrew Little

Minister of Justice Minister Responsible for Pike River
Re-entry
Minister for Courts
Minister Responsible for the GCSB
Minister Responsible for the NZSIS
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

9 Hon Carmel Sepuloni

Minister for Social Development Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and
Heritage
Minister for Disability Issues
Associate Minister for Pacific Peoples

10 Hon Dr David Clark

Minister of Health Associate Minister of Finance

287622v1 2
 CABINET MINISTERS

Portfolios Other responsibilities

11 Hon David Parker
Attorney-General Associate Minister of Finance
Minister for the Environment
Minister for Trade and Export Growth

12 Hon Nanaia Mahuta

Minister for Māori Development
Minister of Local Government
Associate Minister for the Environment
Associate Minister of Housing (Māori
Housing)
Associate Minister for Trade and Export
Growth

13 Hon Stuart Nash

Minister of Police
Minister of Revenue
Minister of Fisheries
Minister for Small Business

14 Hon Iain Lees-Galloway

Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Deputy Leader of the House
Minister of Immigration
Minister for ACC

15 Hon Jenny Salesa

Minister for Building and Construction Associate Minister of Education
Minister of Customs Associate Minister of Health
Minister for Ethnic Communities

287622v1 3
 CABINET MINISTERS

Portfolios Other responsibilities

16 Hon Damien O’Connor
Minister of Agriculture
Minister for Biosecurity
Minister for Food Safety
Minister for Rural Communities
Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth

17 Hon Kris Faafoi

Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Associate Minister of Housing (Public
Digital Media Housing)
Minister for Government Digital Services
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Hon Ron Mark

Minister of Defence
Minister for Veterans

Hon Tracey Martin

Minister for Children Associate Minister of Education
Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister for Seniors

Hon Shane Jones

Minister of Forestry
Minister for Infrastructure
Minister for Regional Economic Development
Associate Minister of Finance
Associate Minister for State Owned
Enterprises
Associate Minister of Transport

287622v1 4
 MINISTERS OUTSIDE CABINET

Portfolios Other responsibilities

Hon Peeni Henare
Minister of Civil Defence Associate Minister of Health (Māori
Health)
Minister for the Community and Voluntary
Sector2 Associate Minister of Tourism
Minister for Whānau Ora
Minister for Youth

Hon Willie Jackson

Minister of Employment Associate Minister for ACC
Associate Minister for Māori
Development

Hon Aupito William Sio

Minister for Pacific Peoples Associate Minister for Courts
Associate Minister of Justice

Poto Williams3
Minister for the Community and Voluntary Associate Minister for Greater
Sector Christchurch Regeneration
Associate Minister of Immigration
Associate Minister for Social
Development

2
From Wednesday, 3 July 2019, the Community and Voluntary Sector portfolio will be held by Poto Williams.
3
Poto Williams will be appointed to the Executive Council and to her Ministerial portfolio and responsibilities on
Wednesday, 3 July 2019.

287622v1 5
 SUPPORT PARTY MINISTERS

Portfolios Other responsibilities

Hon James Shaw
Minister for Climate Change Associate Minister of Finance
Minister of Statistics

Hon Julie Anne Genter

Minister for Women Associate Minister of Health
Associate Minister of Transport

Hon Eugenie Sage

Minister of Conservation Associate Minister for the Environment
Minister for Land Information

PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES

Fletcher Tabuteau MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control
Minister for Regional Economic Development

Jan Logie MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the
Minister of Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues)

287622v1 6