The prime minister of New Zealand is the head of government of New Zealand. The incumbent prime minister, Christopher Luxon, leader of the New Zealand National Party, took office on 27 November 2023.
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Christopher Luxon reads the oath of allegiance, 27 November 2023
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (foreground, left of centre) chairs his first meeting of Cabinet, November 2023
Premier House in Wellington is the prime minister's residence.
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Dame Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern is a former New Zealand politician and activist who was the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023. She was a member of Pa
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…education portfolio in his second term; Helen Clark took the role of minister for arts, culture and heritage; John Key served as minister of tourism; and Jacinda Ardern became minister for child-poverty reduction. Although no longer likely to be the minister of foreign affairs, the prime minister remains responsible…
Ardern in 2018
Jacinda Ardern May 2022
Ardern, with Phil Goff and Carol Beaumont, at an anti-mining march on 1 May 2010
Ardern campaigning at the University of Auckland in September 2017