Promoted to Cabinet

By Frank Neill

Hutt South MP Ginny Andersen is now a Minister of the Crown. She has been brought into Cabinet ranked at number 19, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced on 31 January in a release outlining the new Cabinet. Her Ministerial portfolios are Digital Economy and Communication, Seniors, and Small Business. She is also Associate Minister of Immigration and Associate Minister of Treaty Negotiations.

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Cabinet Minister Ginny Andersen at the swearing in ceremony on 1 February with her mother Tricia Andersen (left), the Governor General Dame Cythia Kiro and her husband Geoff Gwyn. Photo:

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