Brooke van Velden
Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety, Deputy Leader of ACT New Zealand
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ACT New Zealand
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Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety — employment regulation affects aged care providers (minimum wage, pay equity settlements, workforce compliance). Minister of Internal Affairs — charity sector regulation affecting seniors community organisations. Deputy Leader of ACT.
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Brooke Olivia van Velden is a New Zealand politician who has served as the deputy leader of ACT New Zealand since June 2020. She has been a member of Parliament (MP) since the 2020 general election, first as a list MP 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.
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