Her Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint:

The Honourable Paula Lee Bennett to the Offices of Minister for Women, Minister of Tourism and Minister of Police

The Honourable Steven Leonard Joyce to the Offices of Minister of Finance and Minister for Infrastructure

The Honourable Gerard Anthony Brownlee to the Office of Minister of Civil Defence

The Honourable Simon Joseph Bridges to the Offices of Minister for Economic Development and Minister for Communications

The Honourable Amy Juliet Adams to the Office of Minister for Social Housing

The Honourable Michael Allan Woodhouse to the Office of Minister for ACC

The Honourable Anne Merrilyn Tolley to the Offices of Minister for Children and Minister of Local Government

The Honourable Dr Nicolas Rex Smith to the Office of Minister for Building and Construction

The Honourable Judith Anne Collins to the Offices of Minister of Revenue, Minister of Energy and Resources and Minister for Ethnic Communities

The Honourable Paul Jonathan Goldsmith to the Offices of Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Minister of Science and Innovation and Minister for Regulatory Reform

The Honourable Louise Claire Upston to the Office of Minister of Corrections

The Honourable Alf Metuakore Ngaro to the Offices of Minister for Pacific Peoples and Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector

The Honourable Mark Patrick Mitchell to the Offices of Minister for Land Information and Minister of Statistics

The Honourable Jacqueline Isobel Dean to the Offices of Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Minister for Small Business

The Honourable David Allister Bennett to the Offices of Minister of Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Food Safety

which took effect on Tuesday 20 December 2016.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of December 2016.

By Command:
MICHAEL WEBSTER, Clerk of the Executive Council.