Ginny Andersen

Ginny Andersen, one of the newest Cabinet ministers, is promoted after Stuart Nash resigned amid controversy.

Hipkins said Andersen would start the job immediately. “I think Ginny Andersen will hold her own ... * Andersen, the Hutt South MP, entered Cabinet in February and was the second-lowest ranked minister at the table.

Ginny Andersen will be the Government's new Police Minister after Stuart Nash's resignation last week. Andersen was only sworn in as a Cabinet minister ...

The Hutt South MP became a Cabinet Minister only this year and is now Police Minister.

As a policy manager, her main areas of work were methamphetamine and organised crime. [Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill](https://legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2022/0166/latest/LMS754010.html) and the [Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Amendment Bill](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2022/0163/latest/LMS748072.html), which expanded police’s seizure and warrant powers with respect to gang activity, among other changes. “We ran free and wild, the rule was to be home before it got dark and you just played with kids on the beach until it got dark or your mum yelled.” In an interview with the Herald soon after her promotion to Cabinet in January, Andersen said she felt honoured and was “really excited about what lies ahead”. “Police do incredible work every single day. “The work that the police have been doing around organised crime and gangs needs to continue to have a ministerial focus, I mean, these are operational matters for the police but I’d expect a Minister of Police to be taking an interest in making sure that they’re being kept up to date with the work police are doing in that area. [One of the reasons Nash had to resign](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/police-minister-resigns-urgent-parliament-debate-prompts-calls-for-stuart-nash-to-relinquish-all-portfolios/47XGID22KRHUXKTPV2KDKM33TU/) as Police Minister was because the Napier MP had publicly acknowledged that in 2021, in between his stints as Police Minister, he had [contacted Police Commissioner Andrew Coster](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-minister-stuart-nash-resigns-after-he-criticised-judges-decision/4A5NZJQHBJCWHAITEFFEDKF2UI/) to question whether police would appeal a [court decision he felt wasn’t tough enough](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/minister-stuart-nash-asked-police-commissioner-about-appealing-court-decision-act-party-calls-for-resignation/6RJBUQKLZ5A45KQ7AMW77MOW24/) - actions that were considered breaches of the Cabinet Manual and the Policing Act. A later statement from his office said Andersen started with the police as a senior policy adviser before progressing to be a policy manager at the national police headquarters. Hipkins, who was Police Minister before becoming Prime Minister and had a personal interest in the portfolio, said he would be having conversations with Andersen over the coming days in light of his reprioritisation of the Government’s bloated work programme, which has led to several policies of the Ardern Government being ditched to focus on the high cost of living. “And then working with the Minister of Justice [Kiri Allan] and seeing through the current legislation that we’ve got before the house around organised crime.” National police spokesman Mark Mitchell pointed to Andersen’s level of ministerial experience and claimed it was a signal from Labour that the Government had “given up on law and order”. Andersen, unavailable for an interview because she was busy being briefed on her new portfolio, said in a statement she recognised the importance of Kiwis having confidence in the police, having worked with them for nearly a decade.

Chris Hipkins has named his new Police Minister, and it's not so much a whodunnit as a who-is-it? Even the Prime Minister didn't seem to know a lot about ...

“Barbara Edmonds will take on Ginny Andersen's role as Associate Immigration Minister,” Chris Hipkins said. (With Inputs from New Zealand Government Press ...

Ginny - short for Virginia - Andersen is the MP for Hutt South, the Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications, Seniors, and Small Business.

The public servant in me prefers a balance with research and evidence to show what works." However, she won the seat in the 2020 election. It is all too easy to push the fear button and generate public support, but it is much harder to take real steps to reform our criminal justice system." "This Government has set a bold target of reducing our prison population by 30% over the next 15 years. While it is easy to acknowledge that building another prison is a mark of failure to this country, it is much harder to do something about it. By the end of the year, a lot of those children became star performers. She is also the associate minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. Until today, she was also the associate minister of Immigration - but has been relieved of that role by Mana MP Barbara Edmonds. I sat next to kids and saw the beginning of the year, when they were quiet, withdrawn, even angry and violent. "One thing that has motivated me to take the leap from being a public servant to a politician is seeing good policy thrown out because it was not popular. So who is the new Minister of Police? She completed high school and university in Christchurch.

The Hutt South MP became a Cabinet Minister only this year and is now Police Minister.

As a policy manager, her main areas of work were methamphetamine and organised crime. [Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill](https://legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2022/0166/latest/LMS754010.html) and the [Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Amendment Bill](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2022/0163/latest/LMS748072.html), which expanded police’s seizure and warrant powers with respect to gang activity, among other changes. “We ran free and wild, the rule was to be home before it got dark and you just played with kids on the beach until it got dark or your mum yelled.” In an interview with the Herald soon after her promotion to Cabinet in January, Andersen said she felt honoured and was “really excited about what lies ahead”. “The work that the police have been doing around organised crime and gangs needs to continue to have a ministerial focus, I mean, these are operational matters for the police but I’d expect a Minister of Police to be taking an interest in making sure that they’re being kept up to date with the work police are doing in that area. “Police do incredible work every single day. “It is a big portfolio and I have confidence in Ginny and her ability to tackle it.” [One of the reasons Nash had to resign](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/police-minister-resigns-urgent-parliament-debate-prompts-calls-for-stuart-nash-to-relinquish-all-portfolios/47XGID22KRHUXKTPV2KDKM33TU/) as Police Minister was because the Napier MP had publicly acknowledged that in 2021, in between his stints as Police Minister, he had [contacted Police Commissioner Andrew Coster](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-minister-stuart-nash-resigns-after-he-criticised-judges-decision/4A5NZJQHBJCWHAITEFFEDKF2UI/) to question whether police would appeal a [court decision he felt wasn’t tough enough](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/minister-stuart-nash-asked-police-commissioner-about-appealing-court-decision-act-party-calls-for-resignation/6RJBUQKLZ5A45KQ7AMW77MOW24/) - actions that were considered breaches of the Cabinet Manual and the Policing Act. Hipkins, who was Police Minister before becoming Prime Minister and had a personal interest in the portfolio, said he would be having conversations with Andersen over the coming days in light of his reprioritisation of the Government’s bloated work programme, which has led to several policies of the Ardern Government being ditched to focus on the high cost of living. National police spokesman Mark Mitchell pointed to Andersen’s level of ministerial experience and claimed it was a signal from Labour that the Government had “given up on law and order”. Cahill said there was a lot of work to be done and Anderson would “certainly need to step up”. Police Association President Chris Cahill told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking Andersen was someone who “is engaged and wants the portfolio” and this was something the association has said they wanted in the new minister.

Ginny Andersen, who was named in the role yesterday, says she will be working every day to make sure New Zealanders feel safer.

"I think we need to continue seeing reductions that we've seen in retail crime and I'll be working closely with police to make sure we continue to do that." I want New Zealanders to feel safe," she said. We think using youth military academies supported by community organisations is a great way to do that. Andersen has previously worked in police for 10 years as non-sworn staff focusing on policy work. "I take the job incredibly seriously. This breached two rules for ministers: Avoiding being seen to influence police prosecution decisions, and not commenting on individual judicial decisions.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and new Police Minister Ginny Andersen speak to reporters after visiting Hipkins' primary school in the Hutt Valley, on Tuesday, ...

I know the realities of the frontline, and I'm committed to doing a good job.” “I know it's a big job. She also worked for police for nearly a decade in civilian roles, including on projects related to gangs and methamphetamine. I come from a policing family. * [New Cabinet minister Ginny Andersen promoted to police minister](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131551766/new-cabinet-minister-ginny-andersen-promoted-to-police-minister?rm=a)

Ginny Andersen will be the new minister of police, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says. Andersen was only sworn in as a Cabinet Minister last month, ...

I mean, these are operational matters for the police but I'd expect the minister of police to be taking an interest and make sure that they're being kept up to date. Andersen joined Labour in 2004, and served as Labour's vice president from 2015 to 2017, when she entered Parliament as a list MP. "I think Ginny Andersen will hold her own ... "She will have had quite a lot of exposure to the police and to the issues that police are dealing with at the moment." Further errors of judgement from Nash subsequently came to light, and he was demoted to 20th in the Cabinet rankings but avoided further punishment, with Hipkins saying it was proportional and the errors were "in the past". "She has worked for the police in the past for over a decade and more recently has been the chair of Parliament's Justice Select Committee," he says.

New Police Minister Ginny Andersen may be feeling slightly awkward as she spearheads the Government's crackdown on retail crime after she accidentally ...

As a policy manager, her main areas of work were methamphetamine and organised crime. ”I’m also shouting my entire team pies from the same shop. Andersen worked with police for nearly a decade as a senior policy adviser before progressing to be a policy manager at the national police headquarters. I reached out to the owner and passed on my apologies for any inconvenience caused to the shop – they put out a great product.” “As soon as I was informed there was a mishap, I rectified the situation and made good on the pie payment,” Andersen told the Herald. In a statement, Andersen admitted the honest mistake, saying she wasn’t aware her card hadn’t worked due to the “commotion and excitement” in the shop due to the Prime Minister’s visit.