Time to unscramble New Zealand’s government

Roger Partridge
NZ Herald
4 September, 2025

New Zealand has built one of the most complex executive governments in the developed world. With 81 ministerial portfolios spread across 28 ministers and 43 departments, we operate with more than three times as many ministerial portfolios and nearly twice as many departments as peer nations like Ireland, Norway and Singapore. Our executive structure is more like a game of Twister than a system of government.

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