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Parliament House, Wellington
Overview
Legislative body	New Zealand Parliament
Term	5 December 2023 – pres.
Election	2023 general election
Government	Sixth National Government
Website	www.parliament.nz
House of Representatives
Members	123
Speaker of the House	Gerry Brownlee
Leader of the House	Chris Bishop
Prime Minister	Christopher Luxon
Leader of the Opposition	Chris Hipkins
Sovereign
Monarch	Charles III
Governor-General	Cindy Kiro

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The 54th New Zealand Parliament is the current meeting of the legislature in New Zealand. It opened on 5 December 2023 following the 14 October 2023 general election, and will expire on or before 16 November 2026 to trigger the next election.

The Parliament was elected using a mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) voting system. MPs will represent 72 geographical electorates: 16 in the South Island, 49 in the North Island and 7 Māori electorates. The Electoral Act 1993 provides for the remaining seats to be elected from party lists using the Sainte-Laguë method to realise proportionality to an expected total of at least 120 MPs.

Final results of the election determined that there are 123 members of Parliament, rather than the usual 120. 122 members were elected in the general election (there is an overhang of two members for Te Pāti Māori). Due to the death of a candidate between the close of nominations and election day, Port Waikato did not elect a representative and an additional list MP was elected to ensure Parliament would have at least 120 members. The 72nd electorate MP, and 123rd MP overall, was elected in the Port Waikato by-election on 25 November 2023.

Members in the 54th Parliament represent six political parties: National, ACT New Zealand, New Zealand First parties, in government, and the Labour Party, Green Party, and Te Pāti Māori, in opposition. Christopher Luxon of the National Party formed a coalition government with ACT and New Zealand First and was sworn in as prime minister on 27 November 2023.

Background

2023 general election

The 2023 general election was held on 14 October. The opposition National Party won 48 seats in the election, an increase of 14 seats. The ruling Labour Party was reduced to 34 seats after losing a total of 28 seats. The Green Party, Labour's cooperation partner, got 15 seats, a rise of 6. The ACT Party increased its seat count by one. Te Pāti Māori took five Maori seats from Labour, totaling six seats, one more than their party vote entitled them to, giving parliament a three-seat overhang. After being voted out in the 2020 New Zealand general election, New Zealand First returned to parliament, earning eight seats.

Government formation

Following the general election, the National Party required support from the ACT Party and New Zealand First to command the confidence of the House. Negotiations between the three parties took place after the official results were announced on 3 November. After three weeks of negotiations, Christopher Luxon announced the formation of a coalition government with ACT and New Zealand First on 24 November. On 27 November, Luxon was sworn in as prime minister by Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro.

Parliamentary term

The final results of the election were announced on 3 November and the writ for the 2023 election was returned on 16 November 2023. Under section 19 of Constitution Act 1986, Parliament must meet no later than six weeks after this date; on 29 November 2023, following the new government's first Cabinet meeting, Leader of the House Chris Bishop confirmed that the Commission Opening and State Opening of Parliament would take place on 5 and 6 December 2023, respectively.

Timeline

• 16 November 2023 – The writ for election is returned; officially declaring all elected members of the 54th Parliament.
• 24 November 2023 – A coalition government is formed between National, ACT, and NZ First.
• 27 November 2023 – Christopher Luxon is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• 5 December 2023 – The Governor-General issued the Commission of Opening of Parliament. The House elects Gerry Brownlee as Speaker.
• 6 December 2023 – State Opening of Parliament
• 30 May 2024 – Budget 2024 is delivered to Parliament.
• 17–21 June 2024 – Parliament holds its first ever "scrutiny week," which allows select committees to scrutinise government and public sector spending plans.
• 2–6 December 2024 – Parliament is scheduled to hold its second scrutiny week.

Major legislation

In December 2023, the Government repealed several of the previous Labour Government's legislation and policies including the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's dual mandate, the Fair Pay Agreements Act 2022, the Clean Car Discount programme, the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 and the Spatial Planning Act 2023. On 21 December, the Government passed legislation reinstating 90-day work trials. In February 2024, the Government repealed the Three Waters reform programme, Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 and disestablished Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority) under urgency.

In late March 2024, the Government passed major tax legislation restoring interest deductibility for residential investment property, reducing the bright-line test for residential property to two years, and eliminating depreciation deductions for commercial and industrial buildings. The Government also passed legislation requiring electric cars and plug-in hybrids to pay road user charges. In mid April 2024, the Government passed the legislation allowing 11 pseudoephedrine cold and flu medicines to be sold without prescriptions from June 2024.

In late July 2024, the Government passed legislation reinstating the referendum requirement for Māori wards and constituencies in local councils. Councils that had previously established a Māori ward without a referendum are now required to hold a binding poll alongside the 2025 New Zealand local elections or to disestablish them. In late August 2024, the Government passed legislation requiring local councils to develop plans for delivering drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services as part of its "Local Water Done Well" programme.

In September 2024, Parliament passed a private member's bill amending the Fair Trading Act 1986 to ensure that gift cards have a minimum expiry date of three years from their initial purchase. The bill was supported by all parties except ACT. In mid October 2024, Parliament passed Deborah Russell's private member's bill exempting victims of domestic violence from waiting a mandatory two years to seek a divorce. In late October 2024, National-led government passed the resource management legislation easing the "regulatory burden" on the country's farming, mining and other primary industries. In late November 2024, Parliament with cross-party support passed legislation restoring New Zealand citizenship to people born in Samoa between 1924 and 1949, who had been deprived of New Zealand citizenship in 1982.

On 12 December 2024, Parliament passed the government's legislation introducing its pet bonds for tenants and reinstating 90 day no-cause evictions. On 13 December, Parliament passed the government's legislation reinstating three-strikes laws. On 17 December, the Government's contentious Fast-track Approvals Bill passed into law.

Workplace behaviour and disciplinary actions

In early May 2024, Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter was referred to Parliament's privileges committee following complaints that she intimidated National Party's MP Matt Doocey during a heated parliamentary exchange. In early August 2024, Genter was found in contempt of Parliament and ordered to apologise.

In late September 2024, Te Pati Māori MP Tākuta Ferris was referred to Parliament's Privileges Committee after he made remarks accused Members of Parliament of lying and obfuscation.

On 10 December 2024, Labour MP Peeni Henare, Te Pāti Māori MPs Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were referred to the Privileges Committee for leading a haka (ka mate) that interrupted vote proceedings during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill on 14 November.

Dissolution

The 54th Parliament will serve until another election is called. Under section 17 of the Constitution Act 1986, Parliament expires three years "from the day fixed for the return of the writs issued for the last preceding general election of members of the House of Representatives, and no longer". The writ for the 2023 election was issued on 10 September 2023 and returned on 16 November 2023, meaning that the 54th Parliament would have to dissolve on or before 16 November 2026.

Officeholders

Presiding officers

• Speaker of the House: Rt. Hon. Gerry Brownlee (National)
• Deputy Speaker of the House: Barbara Kuriger (National)
• Assistant Speakers of the House:
  • Maureen Pugh (National)
  • Greg O'Connor (Labour)
  • Teanau Tuiono (Green)

Other parliamentary officers

• Clerk: David Wilson
• Deputy Clerk: Suze Jones
• Serjeant-at-Arms: Steve Streefkerk

Party leaders

• Prime Minister of New Zealand (National): Rt. Hon. Christopher Luxon
  • Deputy Leader of the National Party: Hon. Nicola Willis
• Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand: Rt. Hon. Winston Peters (NZ First)
• Leader of the Opposition (Labour): Rt. Hon. Chris Hipkins
  • Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Hon. Carmel Sepuloni
• Co-leaders of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand:
  • Hon. Marama Davidson
  • Chlöe Swarbrick (from 10 March 2024)
  • Hon. James Shaw (until 10 March 2024)
• Leader of ACT New Zealand: Hon. David Seymour
  • Deputy Leader of ACT New Zealand: Hon. Brooke van Velden
• Leader of New Zealand First: Rt. Hon. Winston Peters
  • Deputy Leader of New Zealand First: Hon. Shane Jones
• Co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori:
  • Female Co-leader: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
  • Male Co-leader: Rawiri Waititi

Floor leaders

• Leader of the House: Hon. Chris Bishop
  • Deputy Leader of the House:
    • Hon. Louise Upston (from 24 January 2025)
    • Hon. Simeon Brown (until 24 January 2025)
• Shadow Leader of the House: Hon. Kieran McAnulty
  • Deputy Shadow Leader of the House: Hon. Duncan Webb

Whips

• Senior Government (National) Whip: Hon. Scott Simpson
  • Junior Government (National) Whips: Suze Redmayne
• Senior Opposition (Labour) Whip: Tangi Utikere
  • Junior Opposition (Labour) Whip: Camilla Belich
  • Assistant Opposition (Labour) Whip: Arena Williams
• Green Party Whip (Musterer): Ricardo Menéndez March
  • Green Party Deputy Musterer: Kahurangi Carter
• ACT Party Whip: Todd Stephenson
• New Zealand First Whip: Jamie Arbuckle
• Te Pāti Māori Whip (Matarau): Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

Shadow cabinets

• Opposition Cabinet of Chris Hipkins during the 54th Parliament

Members

Overview

The table below shows the members of the 54th Parliament based on the results of the 2023 general election, including the result of the Port Waikato by-election. Ministerial roles were officially announced on 24 November 2023. Based on the official results, 41 candidates who had never been in parliament before were returned. Of those, 19 were from National, 2 from Labour, 8 from the Greens, 4 from ACT, 4 from Te Pāti Māori, and 4 from NZ First. The parliament totaled 123 seats after the conclusion of the Port Waikato by-election, meaning that one-third of the members are newcomers.

This table shows the number of MPs in each party:

Affiliation		Members
		At 2023 Port Waikato by-election
	National	49
	ACT	11
	NZ First	8
Government total		68
	Labour	34
	Green	15
	Te Pāti Māori	6
Opposition total		55
Total MPs in Parliament		123
Working Government majority		13

Notes

• The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

Members

Demographics

The 54th Parliament has a historically high number of Māori MPs at 33. The number of female MPs, 55, is the second highest in New Zealand history, down from the high of 61 achieved during the 53rd Parliament.

The number of Pasifika MPs, 6, is also down from the record number in the previous parliament, and is at its lowest number in 10 years. There are currently no Pasifika MPs on the government benches.

Only 5 MPs who publicly identify as LGBTQIA+ were elected, 2 each from Labour and the Greens and 1 from ACT. This is down from a record 12 (10%) elected in the 2020 election.

The following tables show the demographics of the members at the start of the term of the 54th Parliament:

Party		Female			Male
		No.	±	%	No.	±	%
	National	16		31%	33		69%
	Labour	19		56%	15		44%
	Greens	9		60%	6		40%
	ACT	4		36%	7		64%
	New Zealand First	3	3	38%	5	5	63%
	Te Pāti Māori	4	3	67%	2	1	33%
Total		55	7	44%	68	9	56%

Party		Pākehā/European			Māori			Pasifika			Asian			MELAA
		No.	±	%	No.	±	%	No.	±	%	No.	±	%	No.	±	%
	National	39		80%	5	2	10%	–	–	–	4		8%	1	1	2%
	Labour	18		53%	9	7	26%	5	5	15%	2		6%	–	1	–
	Greens	5		33%	6		40%	1	–	7%	1		7%	2	1	13%
	ACT	7		64%	3		27%	–	–	–	1		9%	–	–	–
	New Zealand First	4	4	50%	4	4	50%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Te Pāti Māori	–	–	–	6	4	100%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		73		59%	33		27%	6	5	5%	8	1	7%	3		2%

Changes

The following changes in Members of Parliament occurred during the term of the 54th Parliament:

^1 This change occurred as a result of the elevation of Andrew Bayly, who had previously been elected as a list MP at the 2023 general election, to an electorate seat on 25 November 2023 at the Port Waikato by-election. Bayly resigned his list seat on 13 December 2023, creating a list vacancy.

Seating plan

Start of term

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.

Current seating plan

As of 7 November 2024.

Committees

The 54th Parliament has 13 select committees and 7 specialist committees. They are listed below, with their chairpersons and deputy chairpersons:

Electorates

This section shows the New Zealand electorates as they are currently represented in the 54th Parliament.

General electorates

Māori electorates

See also

• Opinion polling for the 2023 New Zealand general election
• Politics of New Zealand

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v t e Sixth National Government of New Zealand
Leadership	Prime Minister Christopher Luxon Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters
Political parties	National (majority partner) ACT New Zealand First (coalition partners)
Ministers	Cabinet National Christopher Luxon Nicola Willis Chris Bishop Simeon Brown Erica Stanford Paul Goldsmith Louise Upston Judith Collins Shane Reti Mark Mitchell Todd McClay Tama Potaka Matt Doocey Simon Watts ACT David Seymour Brooke van Velden Nicole McKee NZ First Winston Peters Shane Jones Casey Costello Non- Cabinet National Chris Penk Penny Simmonds Nicola Grigg Andrew Bayly James Meager ACT Andrew Hoggard Karen Chhour NZ First Mark Patterson Former National Melissa Lee
Parliamentary leadership	Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee Leader of the House Chris Bishop Chief Government Whip Scott Simpson
Elections (parliaments)	2023 (54th)
Acts and policies	Budgets 2023 mini-budget 2024 Ministry for Regulation List of acts of the 54th New Zealand Parliament Treaty Principles Bill Fast-track Approvals Bill Reinstating polls requirement for Māori wards and constituencies Gangs Act 2024 Reinstating Three Strikes Inquiries COVID-19 Lessons Learned#Second phase
Other offices	Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann Leader of the Opposition Chris Hipkins
2023–present ← Sixth Labour Government

v t e Parliament of New Zealand
Components	Monarch (represented by the Governor-General) Legislative Council (1841–1853) Legislative Council (1853–1950) House of Representatives
Parliamentary officers	Legislative Council Speaker of the Legislative Council (defunct) Chairman of Committees (defunct) Leader of the Legislative Council (defunct) House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Chairman of Committees (defunct) Clerk Leader of the House Ministers Prime Minister Leader of the Opposition Shadow Ministry Shadow Leader of the House Whips
Members	Legislative Council Abolition of the Legislative Council Members of the Legislative Council House of Representatives Current (previous) 30+ years Father or Mother of the House Baby of the House
Procedure	Speech from the throne Question Time Readings of bills Members' bills Committees King's Consent Royal assent
Elections	Previous Next List Electoral system Mixed-member proportional (current) First-past-the-post (previously) Electorates By-elections Appointments Supplementary elections (defunct) Caretaker government
Locations	General Assembly House, Auckland (demolished) Parliament House, Wellington (current) Beehive (current executive wing) Parliamentary Library (current) Bowen House (current)
Miscellaneous	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Legislature broadcasters in New Zealand Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Waka-jumping

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