WELLINGTON: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday unveiled what she called an"incredibly diverse" Cabinet that includes New Zealand's first openly gay deputy prime minister and a foreign minister with a Maori facial tattoo.
Women and the Maori community are also strongly represented in the 20-member Cabinet, including new Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta, who has a moko kauae - a traditional Maori tattoo on the chin.Advertisement"It is both a Cabinet with huge merit and talent, which also happens to be incredibly diverse," the 40-year-old said.
Asked about the significance of having a gay man in the role, Ardern said her reasons for selecting him were his leadership qualities, not how he identified. "The representation is there and that is not the first consideration, that is often not how our members first and foremost identify themselves."Ardern won the Oct 17 election campaigning on New Zealand's success in containing the coronavirus, and her Cabinet includes a new role of minister for COVID-19 response, filled by former health minister Chris Hipkins.
'Māori' has a macron (tohutō) over the a. This has an important function in Te Reo Māori (the Māori language).
Let’s not overlook the talents, skills and experience the new appointees bring to the Arden-led government.
Thats tribal tattoo. Not your tattoo tattoo
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