Notice Type
Vice Regal
Notice Title

Appointment of Ministers

His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint
The Right 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 and Minister of Finance
The Honourable Gerard Anthony Brownlee to the Offices of Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, and Minister of Transport
The Honourable Steven Leonard Joyce to the Offices
of Minister for Economic Development, Minister of Science and Innovation, and Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
The Honourable Judith Anne Collins to the Offices of Minister of Justice, Minister for ACC, and Minister for Ethnic Affairs
The Honourable Anthony Boyd Williams Ryall to the Offices of Minister of Health, and Minister for State Owned Enterprises
The Honourable Patricia Hekia Parata to the Offices of Minister of Education, and Minister of Pacific Island Affairs
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 Paula Lee Bennett to the Offices
of Minister for Social Development, and Minister of Youth Affairs
The Honourable Dr Nicolas Rex Smith to the Offices of Minister for the Environment, Minister for Climate Change Issues, and Minister of Local Government
The Honourable David Cunningham Carter to the Office of Minister for Primary Industries
The Honourable Murray Stuart McCully to the Offices of Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Sport and Recreation
The Honourable Anne Merrilyn Tolley to the Offices
of Minister of Police, and Minister of Corrections
The Honourable Dr Jonathan David Coleman to the Offices of Minister of Defence, and Minister of State Services
The Honourable Timothy John Groser to the Office of Minister of Trade
The Honourable Philip Reeve Heatley to the Offices of Minister of Energy and Resources, and Minister of Housing
The Honourable Catherine Joan Wilkinson to the Offices of Minister of Conservation, Minister of Labour, and Minister for Food Safety
The Honourable Allen Nathan Guy to the Offices of Minister of Immigration, Minister for Racing, and Minister of Veterans’ Affairs
The Honourable Craig Raymond Robert Foss to the Offices of Minister of Commerce, and Minister of Broadcasting
The Honourable Amy Juliet Adams to the Offices of Minister of Internal Affairs, and Minister for Communications and Information Technology
The Honourable Maurice Donald Williamson to the Offices of Minister for Building and Construction, Minister of Customs, Minister for Land Information, and Minister of Statistics
The Honourable Christopher James Tremain to the Offices of Minister of Civil Defence, and Minister of Consumer Affairs
The Honourable Joanne Gay Goodhew to the Offices
of Minister for the Community and Voluntary
Sector, Minister for Senior Citizens, and Minister of Women’s Affairs
The Honourable Kerry James Borrows to the Office of Minister for Courts
The Honourable Peter Francis Patrick Dunne to the Office of Minister of Revenue
The Honourable John Archibald Banks to the Offices of Minister for Regulatory Reform, and Minister for Small Business
The Honourable Dr Pita Russell Sharples to the Office of Minister of Maori Affairs
The Honourable Tariana Turia to the Offices of Minister for Whanau Ora, and Minister for Disability Issues
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 2011.
By Command:
Rebecca Kitteridge, Clerk of the Executive Council.