Notice Type
Vice Regal
Notice Title

Appointment of Ministers

His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint:
The Honourable John Phillip Key to the Offices of Prime Minister, and Minister of Tourism;
The Honourable Simon William English to the Offices of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Minister for Infrastructure;
The Honourable Gerard Anthony Brownlee to the Offices of Minister for Economic Development, and Minister of Energy and Resources;
The Honourable Simon James Power to the Offices
of Minister of Justice, Minister for State Owned Enterprises, and Minister of Commerce;
The Honourable Anthony Boyd Williams Ryall to the Offices of Minister of Health, and Minister of State Services;
The Honourable Dr Nicolas Rex Smith to the Offices of Minister for the Environment, Minister for Climate Change Issues, and Minister for ACC;
The Honourable Judith Anne Collins to the Offices
of Minister of Police, Minister of Corrections, and Minister of Veterans’ Affairs;
The Honourable Anne Merrilyn Tolley to the Offices of Minister of Education, and Minister for Tertiary Education;
The Honourable Christopher Francis Finlayson to the Offices of Attorney-General, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage;
The Honourable David Cunningham Carter to the Offices of Minister of Agriculture, Minister for Biosecurity, and Minister of Forestry;
The Honourable Murray Stuart McCully to the Offices of Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Sport and Recreation;
The Honourable Timothy John Groser to the Offices of Minister of Trade, and Minister of Conservation;
The Honourable Dr Wayne Daniel Mapp to the Offices of Minister of Defence, and Minister of Research, Science and Technology;
The Honourable Steven Leonard Joyce to the Offices
of Minister of Transport, and Minister for Communications and Information Technology;
The Honourable Georgina Manunui te Heuheu to the Offices of Minister for Courts, Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, and Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control;
The Honourable Paula Lee Bennett to the Offices of Minister for Social Development and Employment, Minister for Disability Issues, and Minister of Youth Affairs;
The Honourable Philip Reeve Heatley to the Offices of Minister of Fisheries, and Minister of Housing;
The Honourable Pansy Yu Fong Wong to the Offices
of Minister for Ethnic Affairs, and Minister of Women’s Affairs;
The Honourable Dr Jonathan David Coleman to the Offices of Minister of Immigration, and Minister of Broadcasting;
The Honourable Catherine Joan Wilkinson to the Offices of Minister of Labour, and Minister for Food Safety;
The Honourable Maurice Donald Williamson to the Offices of Minister for Building and Construction, Minister of Customs, and Minister of Statistics;
The Honourable Dr Richard Westwood Worth to the Offices of Minister of Internal Affairs, and Minister for Land Information;
The Honourable John McGregor Carter to the Offices
of Minister of Civil Defence, Minister for Senior Citizens, and Minister for Racing;
The Honourable Rodney Philip Hide to the Offices of Minister of Local Government, and Minister for Regulatory Reform;
The Honourable Heather Jean Roy to the Office of Minister of Consumer Affairs;
The Honourable Dr Pita Russell Sharples to the Office
of Minister of Maori Affairs;
The Honourable Tariana Turia to the Office of Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector;
The Honourable Peter Francis Patrick Dunne to the Office of Minister of Revenue.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of November 2008.
By Command:
REBECCA KITTERIDGE, Clerk of the Executive Council.