new nz cabinet - working for nz! Jonathan Coleman is the new minister of health and Amy Adams has been given justice in Prime Minister John Keys new cabinet. Anne Tolley replaces Paula Bennett as social development minister and Simon Bridges has taken over transport from Gerry Brownlee. Ms Bennett has been promoted in the rankings with state services, social housing and associate finance portfolios. Michael Woodhouse has taken over police from Mrs Tolley and also becomes minister for workplace relations and safety - a new portfolio. Mr Brownlee becomes minister of defence, the portfolio previously held by Dr Coleman, and retains responsibility for the Canterbury rebuild. Nikki Kaye is the new ACC minister, a portfolio previously held by former justice minister Judith Collins who resigned over the dirty politics scandal. Maggie Barry goes straight into cabinet as the new minister for arts, culture and heritage, conservation and senior citizens. Louise Upston and Paul Goldsmith will be ministers outside cabinet, holding a variety of minor portfolios. Two ministers previously outside cabinet have been promoted. They are Todd McClay, the revenue minister, and Sam Lotu-Iiga, who has been given corrections. Craig Foss remains a minister but has been demoted. He will serve outside cabinet as minister for small business and statistics. He previously held the commerce portfolio. CABINET MINISTERS 1. John Key Prime Minister Minister for National Security and Intelligence Minister of Tourism 2. Bill English Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance 3. Gerry Brownlee Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister of Defence Leader of the House 4. Steven Joyce Minister for Economic Development Minister for Regulatory Reform Minister of Science and Innovation Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment 5. Paula Bennett Minister of Local Government Minister for Social Housing Minister of State Services Associate Minister of Finance Associate Minister of Tourism 6. Jonathan Coleman Minister of Health Minister for Sport and Recreation 7 Amy Adams Minister of Justice Minister for Courts Minister of Broadcasting Minister for Communications 8. Christopher Finlayson Attorney-General Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister in Charge of the NZ Security Intelligence Service Minister Responsible for the GCSB 9. Simon Bridges Minister of Energy and Resources Minister of Transport Deputy Leader of the House 10. Hekia Parata Minister of Education 11. Anne Tolley Minister for Social Development 12. Nick Smith Minister for the Environment Minister for Building and Housing 13. Murray McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs 14. Nathan Guy Minister for Primary Industries Minister for Racing 15. Nikki Kaye Minister for ACC Minister of Civil Defence Minister for Youth 16. Tim Groser Minister of Trade Minister for Climate Change Issues 17. Michael Woodhouse Minister of Immigration Minister of Police Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety 18. Todd McClay Minister of Revenue Minister for State Owned Enterprises 19. Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga Minister of Corrections Minister for Ethnic Communities Minister for Pacific Peoples 20. Maggie Barry Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister of Conservation Minister for Senior Citizens MINISTERS OUTSIDE CABINET 21. Craig Foss Minister for Small Business Minister of Statistics Minister of Veterans Affairs 22. Jo Goodhew Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector the Community and Voluntary Sector Minister for Food Safety 23. Nicky Wagner Minister of Customs Minister for Disability Issues 24. Louise Upston Minister for Land Information Minister for Women 25. Paul Goldsmith Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs SUPPORT PARTY MINISTERS Peter Dunne Minister of Internal Affairs Associate Minister of Conservation Te Ururoa Flavell Minister for Maori Development Minister for Whanau Ora Associate Minister for Economic Development PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY David Seymour Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Education and the Minister for Regulatory Reform.
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