Trevor Mallard
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Sir Trevor Colin Mallard is a New Zealand politician and diplomat. Between February 2023 and August 2025, he served as Ambassador of New Zealand to Ireland. He was a Member of Parliament from 1984 to
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Mallard (right) as Economic Development Minister in New Delhi 2006, exchanging signed Air Services Agreement documents with Praful Patel
Mallard wearing his speaker's robes
Mallard (left), after his investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington, on 21 May 2026
Adrian Rurawhe
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Adrian Paki Rurawhe is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician. He was an MP from 2014 to 2026, and the speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023.
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…Speaker of the House in mid-August 2022 to take up a diplomatic post in Europe. The Prime Minister also designated fellow Labour MP and Deputy Speaker Adrian Rurawhe as his successor. His resignation, along with that of Immigration and Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi, triggered a cabinet reshuffle within the Labour…
Rurawhe in 2022
Rurawhe receives a letter from the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, confirming his appointment as speaker of the House of Representatives, at Government House, Wellington, on 24 August 2022