Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand

The Sixth Labour Government has governed New Zealand since 26 October 2017. It is headed by Chris Hipkins, the Labour Party leader and prime minister.

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Sixth Labour Government
Ministries of New Zealand
2017–present
Current ministry, pictured after their swearing-in, in November 2020
Date formed	26 October 2017
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II (2017–2022) Charles III (2022–present)
Governor-General	Patsy Reddy (2017–2021) Cindy Kiro (2021–present)
Prime Minister	Jacinda Ardern (2017–2023) Chris Hipkins (2023–present)
Prime Minister's history	2017–2023 2023–present
Deputy Prime Minister	Winston Peters (2017–2020) Grant Robertson (2020–2023) Carmel Sepuloni (2023–present)
Member parties	New Zealand Labour Party   Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (2017–2020) as confidence and supply (2020–) within a cooperation agreement   New Zealand First (2017–2020)
Status in legislature	Minority (coalition) (2017–2020) with confidence and supply from the Greens 55 / 120 (46%) Majority (2020–present) cooperation agreement with the Greens 62 / 120 (52%)
Opposition parties	National Party (2017–present), ACT Party (2017–present), Māori Party (2020–present)
Opposition leader	Bill English (2017–2018) Simon Bridges (2018–2020) Todd Muller (2020) Judith Collins (2020–2021) Christopher Luxon (2021–present)
History
Election(s)	2017 general election 2020 general election
Legislature term(s)	52nd Parliament 53rd Parliament
Budget(s)	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Predecessor	Fifth National Government

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On 1 August 2017, Jacinda Ardern succeeded Andrew Little as both leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition.[1] Following the 2017 general election held on 23 September, the New Zealand First party held the balance of power between the sitting centre-right National Party government, and the left bloc of the Labour and Green parties. Following negotiations with the two major parties, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters announced on 19 October 2017 that his party would form a coalition government with Labour.[2] That same day, Green Party leader James Shaw announced that his party would give confidence and supply support to the 55-seat Labour–NZ First government.[3] The Greens' support, plus the coalition, resulted in 63 seats to National's 56—enough to ensure that Ardern maintained the confidence of the House. Three years later, Labour went on to a landslide victory in the 2020 general election with 50% of the vote and 65 seats, an outright majority of the 120 seats in the House.[4]

On 19 January 2023, Ardern announced her resignation and that she would not stand for re-election in the 2023 general election.[5] Hipkins succeeded her as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party on 25 January 2023.[6]