{"id":8461,"date":"2023-11-27T05:48:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2023-11-27T05:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:49:52","slug":"the-deals-are-signed-whats-next-for-the-new-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8461","title":{"rendered":"The deals are signed, what\u2019s next for the new government?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Incoming deputy PM Winston Peters, incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon and ACT leader David Seymour signed their coalition documents on Friday.
\nROBERT KITCHIN \/ THE POST<\/div>\n

Christopher Luxon will officially become prime minister today, but the real work begins next week.<\/p>\n

Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro will oversee the swearing in ceremony of New Zealand\u2019s 54th government ministers at an 11am ceremony at Government House.<\/p>\n

The ministers take an oath, and can take the affirmation of allegiance, instead of swearing on the bible.<\/div>\n
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In 2017, all NZ First ministers used the bible, while 14 ministers and under-secretaries took the affirmation of allegiance.<\/p>\n

While staff are still in the process of finding out if they\u00a0have a job in the Beehive<\/a>, boxes were moved over the weekend to accommodate the new government taking its place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The iconic image around the Cabinet table will be taken prior to the first Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, where largely procedural matters will be covered, such as endorsing the Cabinet Manual and the coalition agreement.<\/p>\n

Luxon said this week will hold a \u201ccouple\u201d of Cabinet meetings, keeping the new ministers busy ahead of the official opening of Parliament.<\/p>\n

Outgoing PM Chris Hipkins will need to resign his position to the Governor-General before Luxon can be sworn into the top job.<\/p>\n

Labour is still in the process of moving into its new offices in Parliament House and will not have an in-person caucus meeting this week, instead opting for a virtual one.<\/p>\n

The Speech from the Throne, setting out Luxon\u2019s vision for the next three years, will be held next week on the second sitting day of the Parliamentary term.<\/p>\n

It is given by the Governor-General when the State Opening of Parliament is held.<\/p>\n

Luxon said they would be \u201cready to go for the fifth of December\u201d, kicking off the Parliamentary term next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Parliament will sit up to about five days before Christmas, with Luxon wielding a hefty wish-list of promises to get through before December 25.<\/p>\n

Incoming Finance Minister Nicola Willis will need to compile her \u2018mini-Budget\u2019 by the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update, usually held mid-December.<\/p>\n

The Government has also promised to repeal the Fair Pay Agreement regime and the RMA reform laws, the Natural and Built Environment Act and the Spatial Planning Act, by Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The deals are signed, what\u2019s next for the new government?   Incoming deputy PM Winston Peters, incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon and ACT leader David Seymour signed their coalition documents on Friday. ROBERT KITCHIN \/ THE POST Christopher Luxon will officially become prime minister today, but the real work begins next week. Governor-General Dame Cindy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8461"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8464,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8461\/revisions\/8464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}