The New Zealand coalition government revealed—who gets what?

The New Zealand coalition government revealed: With two other right-wing parties, the National Party of New Zealand has decided to join a coalition government, signaling a move away from big government and toward lower taxes and less red tape.

Almost six weeks after the nation’s general elections, the center-right National Party and the traditionally liberal ACT and populist New Zealand First parties inked a coalition deal on Friday to govern together.

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The new government has unveiled its cabinet composition, with Winston Peters serving as deputy prime minister for the first half of the legislative term and David Seymour for the remaining portion.

Seymour will become the next Minister of Regulation, while Peters will serve as Foreign Minister.

14 national ministers and three ACT and NZ first ministers will make up the cabinet. The national government will include five ministers outside Cabinet, including one from New Zealand First and two from ACT.

Here are details about the New Zealand coalition government.

National Cabinet Ministers

• In addition to serving as prime minister, Christopher Luxon is also minister of intelligence and national security and minister of ministerial services.
• Nicola Willis holds the positions of minister of finance, public service, and social investments, in addition to associate minister of climate change.
• In addition to serving as the Leader of the House, Chris Bishop is an Associate Finance Minister and the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, RMA Reform, Sport, and Recreation.
• Shane Reti, Minister of Health and Minister for Pacific Peoples
• Simeon Brown is the Deputy Leader of the House and the Minister responsible for Energy, Transport, and Local Government in Auckland.
• Erica Stanford, the Minister of Immigration and Education
• Paul Goldsmith is Minister of Justice, State-owned Enterprises, Arts, Culture, and Heritage, and Negotiations for the Treaty of Waitangi.
• The Minister of Employment, Social Development, Community and Voluntary Sectors, and Child Poverty Reduction is Louise Upston.
• Judith Collins is the Attorney General, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Digitizing Government, the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Reaction to the Report of the Royal Commission on the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques, and the Minister of Science, Innovation, and Technology.
• Mark Mitchell, Minister of Police, Emergency Management and Recovery, and Corrections
• Todd McClay is the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fishing, Trade, and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Tama Potaka is an associate minister who oversees housing, Māori-Crown Relations, Māori Development, and Whānau Ora.
• As the minister for youth, mental health, ACC, tourism, and hospitality, Matt Doocey is an associate minister of health and transportation.
• As the minister for communications, media, ethnic communities, and economic development, Melissa Lee is an associate ACC minister.

Cabinet Ministers of the ACT Party

• David Seymour is a minister for regulation, associate minister of education (partnership schools), finance, health (Pharmac), and regulation as of May 31, 2025.
• Minister of Internal Affairs, Workplace Relations, and Safety, Brooke van Velden
• Nicole McKee is an associate minister of justice and the minister for courts (firearms).

First New Zealand Cabinet Ministers

• Until May 31, 2025, Winston Peters serves as the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Racing.
• Associate Minister of Finance, Energy, Resources, Oceans & Fisheries, and Regional Development is Shane Jones.
• The associate minister for elder affairs, immigration, police, and customs is Casey Costello.

Outside Cabinet:

Country:

• The Minister of Revenue and Climate Change, Simon Watts
• Disability, environment, and postsecondary education and skills minister Penny Simmonds is also assistant minister for social development and employment.
• Chris Penk, an associate minister, is in charge of building and construction, veterans, immigration, land information, and defense.
• Nicola Grigg is an associate minister of agriculture (horticulture), a state minister for business, and a minister for women.
• Andrew Bayly is the Minister of Statistics, Small Business and Manufacturing, and Consumer Affairs.

ACT:

• Food safety, biosecurity, the environment, and agriculture (skills and animal welfare) are under the direction of Associate Minister Andrew Hoggard.
• Karen Chhour is the Minister for Children as well as the Minister for the Prevention of Sexual and Family Violence.
• Simon Court is the Minister of Infrastructure and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for RMA Reform.

To start with, New Zealand:

• The Minister of Rural Communities and Associate Minister of Agriculture is Mark Patterson.
• The Minister of Media and Communications’ parliamentary undersecretary is Jenny Marcroft.

Some general information about New Zealand