Source: New Zealand Parliament
Order Paper for Tuesday, 5 December 2023
11.00 am
Commission for the opening of Parliament
His Majesty’s Commissioners, Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann, Chief Justice of New Zealand, Hon Mark Cooper, President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, and Hon Susan Thomas, Chief Judge of the High Court of New Zealand, arrived in the House.
The Clerk read their commission authorising them to open the new Parliament.
The Chief Commissioner then read the Proclamation summoning Parliament and made a statement requesting that a Speaker be elected.
The Royal commissioners then withdrew.
Clerk authorised to administer oath or affirmation
The Clerk read the commission authorising him to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance.
Members sworn
The Clerk laid on the Table lists of names of the members elected to serve in the House. The following members took the oath or affirmation of allegiance:
Steve Abel
Ginny Andersen
Miles Anderson
Jamie Arbuckle
Carl Bates
Andrew Bayly
Dan Bidois
Chris Bishop
Rachel Boyack
Cameron Brewer
Rachel Brooking
Simeon Brown
Gerry Brownlee
Mike Butterick
Mark Cameron
Hamish Campbell
Kahurangi Carter
Carlos Cheung
Karen Chhour
Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
Casey Costello
Tim Costley
Simon Court
Reuben Davidson
Marama Davidson
Matt Doocey
Barbara Edmonds
Tākuta Ferris
Greg Fleming
Andy Foster
Paulo Garcia
Julie Anne Genter
Golriz Gharaman
Paul Goldsmith
Nicola Grigg
Ryan Hamilton
Peeni Henare
Chris Hipkins
Andrew Hoggard
Willie Jackson
Shane Jones
Mariameno Kapa-Kīngi
Takutai Tarsh Kemp
Dana Kirkpatrick
Barbara Kuriger
Ingrid Leary
Melissa Lee
Christopher Luxon
Cameron Luxton
Jo Luxton
Hūhana Lyndon
David MacLeod
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
Jenny Marcroft
Kieran McAnulty
Grant McCallum
Todd McClay
Nicole McKee
James Meager
Ricardo Menendez March
Mark Mitchell
Joseph Mooney
Rima Nakhle
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Katie Nimon
Damien O’Connor
Greg O’Connor
Parmjeet Parmar
Mark Patterson
Tamatha Paul
Chris Penk
Winston Peters
Lan Pham
Tama Potaka
Willow-Jean Prime
Maureen Pugh
Priyanca Radhakrishnan
Suze Redmayne
Shane Reti
Grant Robertson
Adrian Rurawhe
Deborah Russell
Tom Rutherford
Jenny Salesa
Carmel Sepuloni
David Seymour
Penny Simmonds
Scott Simpson
Stuart Smith
Lemauga Lydia Sosene
Erica Stanford
Todd Stephenson
Chlöe Swarbrick
Darleen Tana
Cushla Tangaere-Manuel
Jan Tinetti
Rino Tirikatene
Laura Trask
Teanau Tuiono
Sam Uffindell
Tanya Unkovich
Louise Upston
Tangi Utikere
Tim van de Molen
Brooke Van Velden
Ayesha Verrall
Rawiri Waititi
Simon Watts
Duncan Webb
Catherine Wedd
Vanessa Weenink
Helen White
Arena Williams
Scott Willis
Nicola Willis
Megan Woods
Election of Speaker
Hon Gerry Brownlee was elected as Speaker.
Adjournment
The House adjourned at 12.44 pm.