New Zealand Government
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| November 27 2023 | Sixth Labour Government ends as the new National-led coalition government is sworn in. |
| November 27 2023 | The new National-led coalition government was sworn into office, marking the end of the Labour Government's term. |
| October 14 2023 | General election held, with Labour losing its majority to the opposition National Party. |
| October 14 2023 | Labour Party lost the 2023 New Zealand general election, with the party's parliamentary seats dropping from 64 to 34, and Chris Hipkins conceding to Christopher Luxon. |
| April 1 2023 | The minimum wage was raised from NZ$21.20 to NZ$22.70 per hour. |
| February 1 2023 | Prime Minister Hipkins announced $718 million in 'cost of living' support measures, including extending fuel excise and half-price public transport subsidies. |
| January 31 2023 | Hipkins announced a wider reshuffle of portfolios, including replacing Andrew Little as Health Minister with Ayesha Verrall, assigning Michael Wood the new Minister of Auckland portfolio, and making several other ministerial changes. |
| January 25 2023 | Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni were formally sworn in as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister respectively, succeeding Ardern and Grant Robertson. |
| January 25 2023 | Chris Hipkins succeeded Jacinda Ardern as prime minister, with a minor cabinet reshuffle to reallocate portfolios and Carmel Sepuloni appointed as deputy prime minister. |
| January 25 2023 | Chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party. |
| January 19 2023 | Jacinda Ardern confirmed her resignation as Prime Minister, Labour Party leader, and MP for the Mount Albert electorate before the 2023 New Zealand general election. |
| January 19 2023 | Jacinda Ardern announces her resignation and decision not to stand for re-election in the 2023 general election. |
| January 1 2023 | Continued governing with Chris Hipkins as Prime Minister into the final year of their second term. |
| 2022 | Legalised pill testing at summer festivals. |
| 2022 | Introduced legislation to legalise medical cannabis. |
| 2022 | Re-established the Mental Health Commission and created Te Hiringa Mahara following a ministerial inquiry into mental health. |
| 2022 | Centralized all 20 District Health Boards into one national public health service, Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, and established the Te Aka Whai Ora - the Māori Health Authority. |
| 2022 | Implemented significant fuel-related tax policy changes, including cutting fuel excise by 25 cents, reducing road user charges, and halving public transport fares in response to increasing inflation. |
| 2022 | Introduced free doctors' visits for all children under 14 years old. |
| 2022 | Passed a bill banning smoking in cars with children present. |
| December 5 2022 | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a royal commission of inquiry into the government's COVID-19 pandemic response. |
| September 2022 | Government scrapped the COVID-19 Protection Framework, ending face-mask wearing, isolation requirements, and most vaccine mandates. |
| August 2022 | Trevor Mallard was set to resign as Speaker of the House to assume a diplomatic post in Europe, with Adrian Rurawhe designated as his successor. |
| August 1 2022 | Government launched the 'cost of living payment' support programme, with the first NZ$116 payment released. |
| July 19 2022 | Government extended the 25-cent fuel tax cut and half-price public transportation subsidy until late January 2023. |
| June 13 2022 | A third cabinet reshuffle occurred, with Kris Faafoi resigning from Parliament. His immigration, justice, and broadcasting portfolios were assumed by Michael Wood, Kiri Allan, and Willie Jackson respectively. |
| May 2022 | New Zealand government reopened borders to work, visitor, and student visa holders. |
| May 2022 | Government launched a fast-tracked residence policy for addressing national skills shortage, controversially excluding nurses, teachers, and dairy farm managers. |
| May 2022 | Prime Minister Ardern met with US President Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom to discuss the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), gun control, and climate change cooperation. |
| April 2022 | Full implementation of the budget's social security benefit increases. |
| March 2022 | New Zealand–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement was formally ratified. |
| March 2022 | Prime Minister Ardern announced New Zealand was facing a 'cost of living' crisis. |
| February 2022 | Wellington protests against COVID-19 border restrictions and vaccine mandates began, culminating in the forced removal of protesters in early March. |
| January 2022 | New Zealand government requested priority ordering of rapid antigen tests from Abbott Laboratories, Roche, and Siemens amid the Deltacron COVID-19 variant outbreak. |
| January 25 2022 | Chris Hipkins was sworn in as the new Prime Minister, succeeding Jacinda Ardern and continuing to lead the Labour Government. |
| January 23 2022 | Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation as Prime Minister, surprising the nation and triggering a leadership transition within the Labour Party. |
| 2021 | Budget substantially raised social security benefits between $32 and $55 per week, to be fully implemented by April 2022. |
| 2021 | Initiated a plan to provide free female sanitary products in secondary schools. |
| 2021 | Passed the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act, making gender self-identification easier by removing medical proof requirements for changing sex on birth certificates. |
| 2021 | Raised the minimum wage to $20.00 an hour, completing a significant wage increase over three years. |
| November 2021 | The Government passed vaccine mandate legislation allowing businesses to dismiss employees who refuse COVID-19 vaccines and confirmed plans to ease managed isolation and quarantine entry requirements for 2022. |
| October 7 2021 | Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta confirmed sending a special representative to the Middle East to help 825 stranded Afghan visa holders leave Afghanistan. |
| August 23 2021 | Parliament was suspended for a week, with only online select committee hearings allowed, drawing criticism from opposition party leaders. |
| August 17 2021 | The Government reinstated nationwide Alert Level 4 restrictions in response to a community outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta variant. |
| July 2021 | The ACT party alleged that the Labour Government spent $4 million of Parliamentary time asking itself questions since the 2020 election, sparking a debate about the practice of 'patsy questions' during Parliamentary question time. |
| July 16 2021 | Farming advocacy group Groundswell NZ mounted nationwide protests against the Government's agricultural, environmental, and Clean Car policies. |
| June 2021 | Jacinda Ardern announced the Government would apologize for the dawn raids that disproportionately targeted Pasifika communities during the 1970s and 1980s. |
| February 2021 | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for domestic use in New Zealand. |
| February 2021 | The Government compensated kiwifruit orchardists and Seeka for damage caused by a Pseudomonas syringae (PSA) outbreak in 2010. |
| February 2021 | The Government implemented a brief Level 3 lockdown in Auckland following a COVID-19 outbreak in Papatoetoe, South Auckland. |
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