Rachel Brooking

Rachel Brooking
Brooking in 2023
13th Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
In office
12 April 2023 – 27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChris Hipkins
Preceded byDavid Parker (acting)
Succeeded byShane Jones
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Dunedin
Assumed office
14 October 2023
Preceded byDavid Clark
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Labour party list
In office
17 October 2020 – 14 October 2023
Personal details
Born (1975-10-18) 18 October 1975 (age 49)
Political partyLabour
SpouseChris Jackson
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Otago
ProfessionLawyer

Rachel Jane Brooking[1] (born 18 October 1975)[2] is a New Zealand Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament who served as the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries and Minister for Food Safety in the Sixth Labour Government. She first became an MP at the 2020 New Zealand general election.[3] She is a lawyer by profession.

  1. ^ "Event – New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz.
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  3. ^ "Election 2020: The 40 diverse new MPs entering Parliament". Newstalk ZB. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via The New Zealand Herald.