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All major decisions are taken through the Cabinet process. Cabinet meetings are confidential, and decisions are supported collectively by all Ministers as a matter of constitutional convention.
Not all Ministers are Cabinet Ministers - the current government comprises 18 Cabinet Ministers and 5 Ministers outside Cabinet. Ministers have specific areas of responsibility called "portfolios" and may be assisted in these by Deputy or Associate Ministers or Parliamentary Under-Secretaries.
All Ministers are members of the Executive Council which is the highest formal instrument of government and is the institution through which the government as a whole advises the Governor-General, normally by recommendations to make Orders in Council. Apart from Acts of Parliament, Orders in Council are the main method of implementing government decisions requiring legal force.
| Rt Hon Jenny Shipley |
Prime Minister Minister in Charge of the NZ Security Intelligence Service
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| Rt Hon Wyatt Creech |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Health
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| Hon Bill English |
Treasurer
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| Hon John Luxton |
Minister for Food, Fibre,
Biosecurity and Border Control [This portfolio includes responsibility for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Fisheries, Land Information New Zealand, and New Zealand Customs Service] Associate Minister of Immigration (Onshore Passenger Processing) Associate Minister for International Trade
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| Rt Hon Sir William Birch
GNZM |
Minister of Finance [The Finance portfolio also includes responsibility for the Government Superannuation Fund] Minister of Revenue Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services Minister Responsible for the Government Legislation Programme |
| Hon Max Bradford |
Minister for Enterprise and
Commerce [This portfolio includes responsibility for the Ministry of Commerce (including Energy and Industry) and Department of Labour] Minister for Tertiary Education Minister of Defence
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| Hon Roger Sowry |
Minister of Social Services,
Work and Income [This portfolio includes responsibility for the Department of Social Welfare, Department of Work and Income (including Employment), and Ministry of Housing] Minister Responsible for Housing Corporation of New Zealand Leader of the House Minister Responsible for Minority Government Management
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| Hon Tau Henare |
Minister of Maori Affairs
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| Hon Nick Smith |
Minister of Education Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office Minister of Conservation Minister Responsible for the National Library
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| Rt Hon Sir Douglas Graham
KNZM |
Attorney-General [The Attorney-General portfolio also includes responsibility for the Serious Fraud Office] Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
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| Hon Murray McCully |
Minister for Accident Insurance Minister for Sport, Fitness and Leisure (Includes responsibility for America's Cup and Millennium Events)
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| Hon Tony Ryall |
Minister of Justice Minister for State Owned Enterprises Minister of Youth Affairs Minister Responsible for Housing New Zealand Ltd
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| Hon Maurice Williamson |
Minister of Transport Minister of Research, Science and Technology Associate Minister for Tertiary Education Minister of Local Government Minister of Statistics Minister of Communications Minister for Information Technology Associate Minister of State Services
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| Rt Hon Don McKinnon |
Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Trade Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control Minister in Charge of War Pensions Minister of Veterans' Affairs Associate Minister of Defence |
| Dr Hon Lockwood Smith |
Minister for International
Trade Minister of Tourism Associate Minister of Finance Associate Minister of Immigration (International Access and Processing)
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| Rt Hon Simon Upton |
Minister of State Services Minister for the Environment Minister for Crown Research Institutes Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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| Hon Georgina te Heuheu
QSO |
Minister for Courts Minister of Women's Affairs Associate Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Associate Minister of Health
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| Hon Clem Simich |
Minister of Police Minister of Corrections Minister for Racing Minister in Charge of the Audit Department
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| Hon Tuariki John Delamere |
Minister of Pacific Island Affairs Associate Minister of Health Associate Finance Minister Minister in charge of the Public Trust Office
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| Hon David Carter |
Minister for Senior Citizens Associate Minister of Revenue Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control (Biosecurity, Forestry, and Lands) Associate Minister of Education
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| Hon Jack Elder |
Minister of Internal Affairs Minister of Civil Defence Associate Minister of Local Government
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| Hon Marie Hasler |
Minister of Culture and Heritage Associate Minister for Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Associate Minister for the Environment Minister Responsible for Radio New Zealand
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| Hon Peter McCardle |
Minister of Business Development Minister of Consumer Affairs Associate Minister of Social Services, Work and Income (Work and Income)
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Hon Brian Donnelly |
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Hon Robyn McDonald |
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Hon Deborah Morris |
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Rt Hon Winston Peters |
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| Rt Hon J B Bolger |
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| Hon Christine Fletcher |
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Hon Neil Kirton |
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Hon Paul East |
The contents of the Coalition Agreement have been retained on-site.