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The New Zealand Cabinet

Executive Government in New Zealand is carried out on behalf of the Sovereign by Ministers of the Crown who make up members of the Cabinet and the Executive Council.

Ministers are required to be members of Parliament by the Constitution Act 1986. The Governor General appoints Ministers on advice of an incoming Prime minister.

All Ministers are members of the Executive Council but not all Ministers are in Cabinet. Under-Secretaries are appointed to assist Ministers and some Ministers administer their responsibilities (portfolios) outside cabinet.

Cabinet is an informal body while the Executive Council has formal functions which make it the main body for law making.

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Ministers are listed in order of Cabinet ranking. The listing includes those ministers outside Cabinet and Under Secretaries.

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Cabinet

[blue bullet] Rt Hon James Bolger Prime Minister
Minister in Charge of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
[blue bullet] Rt Hon Don McKinnon Deputy Prime Minister
Leader of the House
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Minister of Pacific Island Affairs
[blue bullet] Rt Hon Bill Birch Minister of Finance
(the Finance portfolio includes responsibility for the Government Superannuation Fund Department)
[blue bullet] Hon Paul East Attorney-General
(the portfolio of Attorney-General includes responsibility for the Serious Fraud Office)
Minister of State Services
Minister of Defence
Minister of Corrections
Minister in Charge of War Pensions
Minister on Charge of the Audit Department
[blue bullet] Hon Jenny Shipley Minister of Health
Minister of Women's Affairs
[blue bullet] Hon Doug Kidd Minister of Labour
Minister of Fisheries
Minister of Energy
Minister for Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance
[blue bullet] Hon Philip Burdon Minister for Trade Negotiations
Minister for State Owned Enterprises (responsible for all SOEs except Contact Energy Ltd)
[blue bullet] Hon Simon Upton Minister for the Environment
Minister of Conservation
Minister of Research, Science and Technology
Minister for Crown Research Institutes
Minister Responsible for Radio New Zealand Ltd
[blue bullet] Hon Dr Lockwood Smith Minister of Agriculture
Deputy Minister of Finance
Minister Responsible for Contact Energy Ltd
[blue bullet] Hon John Falloon Minister of Forestry
Minister for Racing
[blue bullet] Hon Wyatt Creech Minister of Education (the Education portfolio includes responsibility for the Education Review Office and the National Library)
Minister of Employment
[blue bullet] Hon Doug Graham Minister of Justice
Minister for Courts
Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control
Minister of Cultural Affairs
[blue bullet] Hon John Banks Minister of Tourism
Minister for Sport
Fitness and Leisure
Minister of Local Government
Minister of Civil Defence
[blue bullet] Hon Denis Marshall Minister of Lands
Minister in Charge of the Valuation Department
Associate Minister of Agriculture
Associate Minister of Employment
[blue bullet] Hon John Luxton Minister of Maori Affairs
Minister of Police
Minister of Commerce
Minister for Industry
[blue bullet] Hon Maurice Williamson Minister of Transport
Minister of Statistics
Minister of Communications
Minister for Information Technology
Minister of Broadcasting
Associate Minister of Health
[blue bullet] Hon Murray McCully Minister of Housing
Minister of Customs
Associate Minister of Tourism
[blue bullet] Hon Peter Gresham Minister of Social Welfare
Minister for Senior Citizens
[blue bullet] Hon Peter Dunne Minister of Revenue
Minister of Internal Affairs
[blue bullet] Hon Bill English Minister for Crown Health Enterprises
Associate Minister of Education

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Ministers Outside Cabinet

[blue bullet] Hon Sir Robin Gray Minister of State
Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[blue bullet] Hon Roger Maxwell Minister of Immigration
Minister of Business Development
Associate Minister of Employment
[blue bullet] Hon Roger McClay Minister of Youth Affairs
Associate Minister of Pacific Island Affairs
Minister of Education
Associate Minister of Social Welfare
[blue bullet] Hon Katherine O'Regan Minister of Consumer Affairs
Associate Minister of Health
Associate Minister of Women's Affairs
Associate Minister of Social Welfare

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary

[blue bullet] Warren Kyd, MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary to:
the Minister of Labour
the Minister for State Owned
Enterprises
the Minister of Commerce
the Minister for Industry

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Text listing of Cabinet

Ministers Outside Cabinet

Parliamentary Under-Secretary

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