Ginny Andersen will be the new minister of police, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says.
Speaking after the weekly Cabinet meeting, Hipkins said Andersen had been appointed today and would get started on it immediately.
"She has worked for the police in the past for over a decade and more recently has been the chair of Parliament's Justice Select Committee.
"When I've looked at what I want to see from the minister of police, I think she's very well suited to take up that role."
The police portfolio was vacated by Stuart Nash last week, after he spoke on the radio about speaking to the Police Commissioner about appealing a case he disagreed with the judge on.
He had not been police minister at the time of that conversation, but ministers are expected to avoid any perception of trying to influence police prosecution decisions, and avoid criticising judges.
Further errors of judgement from Nash subsequently came to light, and he was demoted to 20th in the Cabinet rankings, but avoided further punishment, with Hipkins saying it was proportional and the errors were "in the past".
Hipkins said Barbara Edmonds would pick up Andersen's Associate Immigration portfolio.
More to come...