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Responsibilities include oversight of the Public Service system, ensuring the work of the Public Service aligns with overall government priorities, machinery of government matters, integrity and conduct, leadership and capability development (including…

Responsibilities relate to universities, polytechnics, and vocational education and training. Includes responsibility for research funding, student loans and allowances, tertiary education fees, Wānanga, foundation and community education, and Private…

Responsibilities include oversight of the GCSB and NZSIS, and the role and functions of the Minister under the Intelligence and Security Act 2017, including responsibilities relating to cyber-security operation and matters relating to the National Cyber…

Responsibilities include oversight of the emergency management system, coordinating the government response and recovery for emergencies caused by geological or meteorological hazards, public education about emergency preparedness, risk identification,…

Responsibilities include early childhood education, primary and secondary schooling, and international education matters, including international school fees.  Also includes responsibility for careers in schools, secondary-tertiary programmes, and leading…

Responsibilities include supporting and promoting tourism and hospitality. This portfolio includes responsibility for major events and the New Zealand International Conference Centre.

Responsibilities include oversight of New Zealand's social welfare system, the implementation of the government's employment policies and programmes, including labour market modelling, analysis of labour market trends, Pacific Peoples economic development…

Responsibilities include economic development and enterprise policy.  The portfolio is also responsible for the Procurement Functional Leadership programme. 

This responsibility has an advocacy and coordination focus, with the Minister responsible for providing oversight and ensuring a whole-of-government approach is taken to matters affecting the South Island.

Leadership responsibilities for matters relating to the delivery of the ferry project.

Responsibilities include the design and implementation of the social investment approach, including the strategic policy framework, standards, the data and evidence infrastructure needed, and programmes to better understand the impact of social sector…

Responsibilities include corporate law and governance, financial markets, competition policy, consumer policy, protecting intellectual property, and trade policy and international regulatory cooperation.

Responsibilities include oversight of border management, including the detection of and response to illegal activity at the border, the facilitation of the movement of legitimate imports, exports, and travellers, the collection of GST and customs duties…

Responsibilities include reducing crime and victimisation, sentencing, parole, and bail policy, domestic and international criminal law, family law, youth justice, legal aid and access to justice, enforcement and protection of civil rights and interests,…

Responsibilities include the system for managing land titles, geodetic and cadastral survey systems, topographic information, hydrographic information, managing Crown property, and decision-making around foreign ownership of sensitive land and business…

Responsibilities include leadership on Resource Management Act reform matters and setting the strategic direction for the environmental management system, including specified matters introduced by the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System…

Responsibilities include leading and coordinating government support for regionally focused initiatives to enhance economic development opportunities in regional New Zealand.

Responsibilities include the petroleum and minerals regulatory system, leadership on policy and legislation governing the upstream management of New Zealand's petroleum and mineral resources, and promoting and attracting investment to the upstream…

Responsibilities include ensuring well-functioning and competitive energy markets, promoting energy productivity and efficiency improvements, and supporting the transition to a lower emissions economy.

Responsibilities include leading the science and innovation system and setting the direction for government investment, and for biotechnology matters and policy relating to genetically modified organisms.

Responsibilities relate to space and high-altitude regulation, policy and sector development activities, and space and emerging aviation-focused matters.

Responsibilities include matters relating to recreational and commercial hunting of deer, tahr, chamois, and feral pigs on public conservation land; freshwater sports fishing; game bird hunting; sports fish and game management; herds of special interest;…

Responsibilities include protecting and advancing New Zealand's trade and export interests.

Responsibilities include the oversight of strategic and policy matters within the health system relating to mental health and addiction services and supports.

Responsibilities include driving and delivering the government's broadcasting and media policies (including the diversity and accessibility of broadcast content, broadcasting standards, and the regulation of the print media), the regulation of the…

Responsibilities include building relationships with small businesses and their representative organisations, championing initiatives across government which benefit small businesses and the manufacturing sector, and ensuring the characteristics of small…

Responsibilities include improving the quality of regulation in New Zealand.

Responsibilities include supporting ethnic and culturally diverse communities in New Zealand.

Responsibilities include oversight of the administrative support for the courts system and independent judicial decision-making, the collection of fines and reparations, service of court documents, and enforcement of civil judgment orders.

Responsibilities include the overall working of New Zealand’s tax system.

Responsibilities include the overall functioning and operation of the health system, community health, health workforce, and aged care, and for the Government response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry's Report into COVID-19 Lessons Learned.