Ministers in the New Zealand Government are members of Parliament who hold ministerial warrants from the Crown to perform certain functions of government. This includes formulating and implementing po
Ministers of Peter Fraser's war cabinet, 1941
The Governor-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae, signs the warrants for new ministers of the Crown, January 2013
Ministers of the Coalition Cabinet, 1931
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The Cabinet of New Zealand is the New Zealand Government's body of senior ministers, accountable to the New Zealand Parliament. Cabinet meetings, chaired by the prime minister, occur once a week; in t
Swearing-in of ministers by Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, 27 November 2023. Cabinet members are first appointed as executive councillors before receiving warrants for their ministerial portfolios.
A meeting of Cabinet in 1972. At this time, Cabinet members were usually Pākehā and male; Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan (seated second-left from the centre) was the only female Cabinet minister.
Photograph taken before the first meeting of the Cabinet of the Sixth National Government of New Zealand, Beehive, 28 November 2023
David Seymour 2023 cropped headshot