All three coalition parties get rural ministers

All three coalition parties get rural ministers
Todd McClay. (Image: NZME)
Riley Kennedy
All three parties in the new coalition government will have ministers representing the primary sector while many of the soon-to-be previous administration’s policies are on the chopping block.Inside cabinet, the National party’s Todd McClay will be the agriculture minister while also holding the forestry and newly created hunting and fishing portfolios.Outside of cabinet, Nicola Grigg, National’s MP for Selwyn, will be associate agriculture minister with responsibilities for horticulture and as the minister of state for trade....

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