Brooke van Velden

Brooke van Velden
Van Velden in 2023
38th Minister of Internal Affairs
Assumed office
27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChristopher Luxon
Preceded byBarbara Edmonds
6th Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Assumed office
27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChristopher Luxon
Preceded byCarmel Sepuloni
Deputy Leader of ACT New Zealand
Assumed office
28 June 2020
LeaderDavid Seymour
Preceded byBeth Houlbrooke
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Tāmaki
Assumed office
14 October 2023
Preceded bySimon O'Connor
Majority4,575
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for ACT Party List
In office
17 October 2020 – 14 October 2023
Personal details
Born (1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 32)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyACT
Alma materUniversity of Auckland

Brooke Olivia van Velden[1] (born 15 October 1992)[2][3] is a New Zealand politician who has served as the deputy leader of ACT New Zealand since June 2020.[4] She has been a member of Parliament (MP) since the 2020 general election, first as a list MP[5] and, since 2023, the MP for Tāmaki. Van Velden currently serves in the National-led government as the 38th minister of internal affairs and 6th minister for workplace relations and safety. She is the second youngest cabinet minister in New Zealand history, being just eight days older than Phil Goff was when he became Minister of Housing after the 1984 election.

  1. ^ "Speech – New Zealand Parliament".
  2. ^ van Velden, Brooke (14 October 2020). "Thank you to the ACT team for the birthday surprise and well wishes 💛 First one as an MP and one to remember!". Facebook. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ^ "van Velden, Brooke; Mallard, Trevor". New Zealand Parliament. 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ "ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden a novice MP but has plenty of political experience". Stuff. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. ^ "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.