25 Oct 2017

What's interesting about the new ministerial line up

From The Panel, 4:17 pm on 25 October 2017
Prime Minister elect Jacinda Ardern announcing the allocation of ministerial portfolios today.

Prime Minister elect Jacinda Ardern announcing the allocation of ministerial portfolios today. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

The list of ministers in the new government is out today. Let's scoot through a few highlights:

Jacinda Ardern will take on the Arts, Culture and Heritage portfolio and she will be the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction.

Winston Peters is Foreign Affairs, Racing, State Owned Enterprises.

Kelvin Davis is Crown/Māori Relations Minister, which former Labour Party staffer Deborah Mahuta-Coyle says marks a generational shift.