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Sixth National Government Of New Zealand
The Sixth National Government is a coalition government comprising the National Party, ACT Party and New Zealand First that has governed New Zealand since November 2023. The government is headed by Christopher Luxon, the National Party leader and prime minister, along with coalition party leaders David Seymour and Winston Peters. Following the 2023 general election on 14 October 2023, coalition negotiations between the three parties ended on 24 November, and ministers of the new government were sworn in by the Governor-General on 27 November. The coalition government has agreed to a select committee with the possibility of amending the Treaty of Waitangi legislation, affirm local referendums on Māori wards, and prioritise English over the Māori language in Government departments. On broader issues, the government's plan includes restoring interest deductibility for rental properties, changes in housing policies, infrastructure investment, conservative law and justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of New Zealand Ministries
The New Zealand Government exercises executive power in New Zealand. This article lists spans of government under a party or coalition, as well as ministries under a prime minister. There have been three distinctly different periods of government in New Zealand—firstly, the period before responsible government; second, from 1856 to 1890, the period of responsible government; and the third period started with the formation of political parties in 1891. Guide to list This article lists the successive governments of New Zealand since 1856. The first government which formed along political lines did not appear until 1891, when John Ballance formed the Liberal Party and the Liberal Government. A government is named (by political commentators, as well as self-referentially) for the largest party that leads it – though compare the United–Reform coalition Government of 1931–1935. The term ' ministry', as used in this article, refers collectively to all the ministers who dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Green Party Of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (), commonly known as Green or the Greens, is a Green politics, green List of political parties in New Zealand, political party in New Zealand. Like many green parties around the world, it has four pillars (Ecosophy, ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy, and nonviolence). The party's ideology combines environmentalism with Social democracy, social democratic economic policies, including well-funded and locally controlled public services within the confines of a steady-state economy. Internationally, it is affiliated with the Global Greens. The Green Party traces its origins to the Values Party, founded in 1972 as the world's first national-level environmentalist party. The current Green Party was formed in 1990. From 1991 to 1997, the party participated in the Alliance (New Zealand political party), Alliance, a grouping of five left-wing parties. It gained representation in Parliament at the 1996 New Zealand general elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Matt Doocey
Matthew Maurice Doocey (born 1972) is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand Parliament at the 2014 general election as a representative of the New Zealand National Party. He was re-elected in 2017 with a majority increase of over 10,000 which was a significant increase from a majority of 2,500 in 2014. It was reported that this was the largest personal vote increase in the country. Political career Early political career Doocey stood in the 2013 Christchurch East by-election placing second behind Poto Williams. At the time, Doocey was a manager for the Canterbury District Health Board. The party's Canterbury Westland Regional Chair, Roger Bridge, noted that a sitting government has never won a by-election in an electorate that it did not already hold. Bridge later conceded that it would be "very, very hard for us to win". When Kate Wilkinson, National MP for the electorate, announced in early November 2013 that she would retire at the end of the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nicole McKee
Nicole Raima McKee (born ) is a New Zealand politician. She has been a Member of Parliament for ACT New Zealand since the 2020 general election. She currently serves as the 12th Minister for Courts and Associate Minister of Justice (Firearms). Early life and career McKee was born in Lower Hutt. She moved to Rotorua in her teens, then returned to Wellington as an adult. McKee became pregnant when she was 24. Her partner died in a car crash a week before their daughter was born. Political career Mckee entered public life as a lobbyist for the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners. Appearing in the media to criticise the Sixth Labour Government's gun law reforms, passed following the Christchurch mosque shootings of 15 March 2019. The new restrictions on gun ownership and game animal management are the issues which propelled her to enter politics. She met David Seymour, ACT's leader, through their opposition to those gun laws, and joined the ACT Party in June 2020. First t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Simon Watts
Simon Glen Watts (born ) is a New Zealand politician. He has been the Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for North Shore (New Zealand electorate), North Shore, representing the New Zealand National Party, National Party, since the 2020 New Zealand general election. He currently serves as Minister for Climate Change (New Zealand), Minister of Climate Change and Minister of Revenue (New Zealand), Minister of Revenue in the Sixth National Government of New Zealand. Early life and career Watts was born in Cambridge, New Zealand, Cambridge, Waikato, where his family were orchardists. He has two younger brothers. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a toddler. Watts attended the University of Waikato, graduating with a Bachelor of Management Studies in accounting and finance. He has worked in both the private and public sector roles in New Zealand, Asia and the United Kingdom, including a summer intenship at the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andrew Hoggard
Andrew John Hoggard (born ) is a New Zealand dairy farmer and politician. Hoggard held leadership roles with the farmers' advocacy group Federated Farmers from 2014 to 2023, including as president for the final three years. He stepped down ahead of his election to the New Zealand House of Representatives as an ACT New Zealand list Member of Parliament. He is Minister for Biosecurity and Minister for Food Safety in the Sixth National Government. Early life Hoggard was born in 1974 or 1975, the eldest son of Mike and Lynette Hoggard. He was educated at Heretaunga College in Upper Hutt, and went on to study at Massey University, graduating with a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics degree in 1996. Farming career The Hoggards moved from Upper Hutt to a farm at Kiwitea in Manawatū in 1998, with Andrew 50% sharemilking 440 Holstein Friesian cows on the farm owned by his parents. In 2001, Hoggard competed in the Taranaki–Manawatū regional final of the Young Farmer of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Karen Chhour
Karen Louise Chhour (born ) is a New Zealand politician. She has been a member of parliament for ACT New Zealand since the 2020 general election. Early life and career Chhour is of Māori descent and belongs to the Ngāpuhi iwi. She was born in Australia and moved to New Zealand as a baby, first living with her grandparents in Kaeo before moving back in with her mother on the North Shore at the age of 5. She regularly ran away from home and ended up in foster care, which she states as a reason for her interest in addressing homelessness and child poverty. She worked in property management prior to becoming involved in politics. Political career First term, 2020–2023 In the 2020 general election, Chhour was placed seventh on the ACT party list and ran for the electorate of . Chhour came fourth in Upper Harbour. However, ACT won 8% of the party vote, which entitled it to 10 MPs including Chhour. In her first term, Chhour was ACT's spokesperson for social development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chris Penk
Christopher Aidan Penk (born 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has been a Member of parliament, Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives, House of Representatives for the New Zealand National Party, National Party since 2017. Early life and career Penk was born in West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland. He attended Kelston Boys' High School and graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 2010. He joined the Royal New Zealand Navy, serving as an officer on HMNZS Te Kaha (F77), HMNZS ''Te Kaha''. He was an aide-de-camp for Governor-General Silvia Cartwright, before joining the Australian Defence Force for four years. After his military career, Penk became a property lawyer. His father, Stephen, is an Associate Dean at the University of Auckland's Law School and his brother Alex is also a lawyer. Penk's mother, Debra, was a teacher. Political career In August 2014, Penk was selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Penny Simmonds
Penelope Elsie Simmonds (born September 1959) is a New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament and a Minister in the House of Representatives for the National Party. She previously served as the chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology. Following the 2023 New Zealand general election, Simmonds assumed the disability issues, environmental, tertiary education and skills, and associate social development and employment portfolios in the Sixth National Government. Early life and career Simmonds was born in Southland and grew up in Riversdale and Te Tipua. She attended Gore High School and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Otago. She served in the New Zealand Territorial Force for several years. Simmonds was the chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) from 1997 to October 2020. During this time she implemented SIT's Zero Fees Scheme. She took leave from 29 June 2020 in order to focus on her political campaign, with de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andrew Bayly
Andrew Henry Bayly (born 1962) is a New Zealand businessman, adventurer, and politician. He was elected to the New Zealand Parliament at the 2014 general election as the MP for Hunua, representing the New Zealand National Party. He is currently the MP for Port Waikato. He was Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Minister of Statistics, and Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing in the Sixth National Government. He resigned his ministerial portfolios in February 2025 after he physically touched a staff member during an argument. Early life and family Bayly was born in Whanganui and has a twin brother. He attended Wanganui Collegiate School and graduated with a degree in accounting and finance from Massey University. He was a merchant banker and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the NZ Institute of Management, the NZ Chartered Institute of Corporate Management, and the UK Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. In the 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mark Patterson (New Zealand Politician)
Mark William James Patterson (born 1970) is a New Zealand farmer, lobbyist and politician. He is a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party. Since 2023, he has served as Minister for Rural Communities and Associate Minister for Agriculture in the Sixth National Government of New Zealand. Early life and career Patterson was born in Canterbury and raised with his three sisters on his family's farm at Southbridge. His ancestors arrived in New Zealand in the 1860s and had owned the family farm since 1905. In the 1990s, Patterson was a pupil at Ellesmere College, where future National Party MP Gerry Brownlee was his woodwork teacher. Patterson moved to work on a sheep and cattle farm near Oamaru in 2004. With his wife, Jude Howell Patterson, he purchased a 500-hectare sheep farm in Lawrence, Otago, in 2008. The couple have two daughters together. Patterson and his wife are directors of Ngapara Farms Limited, a sheep and beef farming and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rachel Hayward (public Servant)
Rachel Hayward (born August 7, 1965) is a Canadian actress. She began pursuing a serious acting career in her early twenties. Personal life As a child and teen, Hayward was involved in modeling and commercials but always thought she would become a doctor. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design, having studied graphic design and fine arts. From there she freelanced as a designer and simultaneously began working in acting. Hayward is single and resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Career Hayward's feature film and TV movie credits include '' Stranger in the Mirror'', ''Under the Gun'', '' Breaking All the Rules'', '' Deadfire'', '' She Woke Up Pregnant'', ''Convergence'', '' Knight Moves'' and the romantic comedy '' Apartment Hunting''. In television she has starred as Florence in Chris Carter's series '' Harsh Realm'' and had a recurring role in '' Jake 2.0''. She is remembered by many science fiction fans as the USAF Sergeant who is abducted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
