David Parker (New Zealand politician)

New Zealand politician

The Honourable

David Parker

Parker in 2020

32nd Attorney-General of New Zealand
In office
26 October 2017 – 27 November 2023
Prime Minister| Jacinda Ardern
Chris Hipkins
Preceded by| Chris Finlayson
Succeeded by| Judith Collins
In office
19 October 2005 – 20 March 2006
Prime Minister| Helen Clark
Preceded by| Michael Cullen
Succeeded by| Michael Cullen
16th Minister for the Environment
In office
26 October 2017 – 27 November 2023
Prime Minister| Jacinda Ardern
Chris Hipkins
Preceded by| Nick Smith
Succeeded by| Penny Simmonds
12th Minister for Trade and Export Growth
In office
26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime Minister| Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by| Todd McClay
Succeeded by| Damien O'Connor
7th Minister for Economic Development
In office
26 October 2017 – 27 June 2019
Prime Minister| Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by| Simon Bridges
Succeeded by| Phil Twyford
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
In office
15 September 2013 – 30 September 2014
Leader| David Cunliffe
Preceded by| Grant Robertson
Succeeded by| Annette King
16th Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party
In office
15 September 2013 – 30 September 2014
Leader| David Cunliffe
Preceded by| Grant Robertson
Succeeded by| Annette King
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Labour Party list

Incumbent

Assumed office
17 September 2005
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Otago
In office
27 July 2002 – 17 September 2005
Preceded by| Gavan Herlihy
Succeeded by| Jacqui Dean
Personal details
Born| 1960 (age 63-64)
Roxburgh, New Zealand
Political party| Labour
Children| 3[1]
Alma mater| University of Otago
Occupation| Lawyer
Website| davidparker.co.nz

David William Parker (born 1960) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment, Minister of Transport and Associate Minister of Finance in the Sixth Labour Government. He previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government, Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from September 2013 to September 2014, and as interim Leader of the Labour Party from September to November 2014. He represented the Otago electorate at the 47th Parliament and has since served as a list MP.

## Before politics[edit]

David Parker was born in Roxburgh and grew up in Dunedin, where he attended Otago Boys' High School.[2] He studied law and business at the University of Otago, graduating with a BCom/LLB.[3] He co-founded the Dunedin Community Law Centre.[4]

Before entering politics, Parker worked as a litigation partner in the law firm Anderson Lloyd Caudwell. He later had a business career in the agri-biotechnology field, including A2 Corporation, Blis Technologies, Botryzen and Pharmazen.[5][6][7]

## Member of Parliament[edit]

New Zealand Parliament Years  | Term  | Electorate  | List  | Party

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2002-2005  | 47th | Otago | 47  |  | Labour
2005-2008  | 48th | List  | 37  |  | Labour
2008-2011  | 49th | List | 17  |  | Labour
2011-2014  | 50th | List | 4  |  | Labour
2014-2017  | 51st | List | 2  |  | Labour
2017-2020  | 52nd | List | 10  |  | Labour
2020-2023  | 53rd | List | 9  |  | Labour
2023-present  | 53rd | List | 13  |  | Labour

### Fifth Labour Government, 2002–2008[edit]

Parker was first elected to Parliament as a Labour member in the 2002 election, winning an upset victory over the National Party's Gavan Herlihy in the Otago seat.[8]

In the 2005 election, the National candidate Jacqui Dean defeated him in his Otago electorate seat, but he returned to the House of Representatives from the Labour party list.[9]

During the Fifth Labour Government, Parker served as Attorney-General and Minister of Transport and Energy from 2005 until March 2006. He resigned his position as Attorney-General on 20 March 2006 after an allegation that he had filed an incorrect declaration with the Companies Office on behalf of the property company Queens Park Mews Limited. On 21 March Parker also resigned his place in Cabinet as Minister of Energy, Minister of Transport, and Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues.[10] An inquiry by the Companies Office cleared him of the charge of filing false returns.[11]

Prime Minister Helen Clark re-appointed Parker to the Energy and Climate Change portfolios and to the Land Information portfolio on 2 May 2006. (The Attorney-General portfolio remained with Michael Cullen, and Annette King took over Parker's former Transport portfolio.)[12] In July 2007 Clark appointed Parker as the acting Minister for the Environment following the resignation of David Benson-Pope.[6]

In the 2008 general election Parker and Dean both stood in the resurrected Waitaki electorate, with Dean winning by over 11,000 votes.[13] Nevertheless, he returned to Parliament due to his list position.[14]

### Fifth National Government, 2008–2017[edit]

Following Labour's defeat in the 2008 general election, Parker became the Opposition spokesperson on Conservation, ACC and Shadow Attorney-General. On 15 June 2010, Opposition Leader Phil Goff appointed Parker to be Portfolio Spokesperson for Economic Development, a position formerly held by Shane Jones, and shifted the portfolio of Conservation to Chris Carter.[6]

In 2011

In the 2011 election, Parker stood in the Epsom electorate, where he came third behind ACT New Zealand's John Banks and National's Paul Goldsmith,[15] but was again returned as a list MP.[16]

Following the 2011 general election, Parker ran for the party leadership in 2011,[17] but withdrew part-way through the contest to support David Shearer's bid.[18] Parker then became the Labour spokesperson for Finance and the shadow Attorney-General (from February 2013).[6] From 17 September 2013, Parker was the deputy leader of the Labour Party. He retained his finance portfolio.[6]

In the 2014 election, Parker did not contest an electorate, but was number two on the Labour list.[19] He was returned to Parliament on the party list.[20]

Following the poor performance of the Labour Party in the 2014 general election, and the eventual resignation of David Cunliffe as leader, Parker was appointed interim leader of the Labour Party. He then unsuccessfully ran in the 2014 Labour Party leadership election and he came third in the leadership election behind Andrew Little and Grant Robertson.[21] Little offered for Parker to continue as finance spokesperson, but Parker declined.[22] Instead, Parker was assigned a range of portfolios including shadow attorney-general and spokesperson for trade and export growth, the environment and, after the resignations of former leaders Goff and Shearer, foreign affairs.[6]

### Sixth Labour Government, 2017–2023[edit]

As Minister of Economic Development, Parker addresses the WTO Ministerial Conference in December 2017

During the 2017 general election, Parker was re-elected on the Labour Party list.[23] Following the formation of the Labour-led coalition government, he was sworn in as Attorney-General, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for Trade and Export Growth. He also became Associate Minister of Finance.[24]

On 8 March 2018, as Trade Minister, Parker formally signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on behalf of New Zealand.[25]

In August 2018, Parker led the passage of the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 2018, that banned the sale of existing residential property in New Zealand to foreign buyers.[26]

In a June 2019 reshuffle, the economic development portfolio was reassigned to Phil Twyford. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said this was so that Parker could focus more on water quality and trade negotiations with the European Union and United Kingdom.[27]

In May 2020, as Attorney-General, Parker led the passage of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 through Parliament. This provided the legal framework for the Government's efforts to combat COVID-19. [28]

During the 2020 general election, Parker was re-elected on the Labour Party list.[29] On 2 November, he was appointed as Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Minister of Revenue and Associate Minister of Finance.[30]

As Environment Minister, Parker has launched a "comprehensive overhaul" of the Resource Management Act 1991.[31] On 14 November 2022, Parker introduced the Bill into Parliament alongside the companion Spatial Planning Bill.[32] The two bills are intended to replace the Resource Management Act 1991.

On 2 March 2023, Parker in his capacity as Environment Minister removed Rob Campbell from his positions as chair and board member of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in response to Campbell's LinkedIn post criticising the National Party's opposition to the Government's Three Waters reform programme. Campbell's remarks violated the Public Service Commission's policy of political impartiality for civil servants. Campbell had earlier been dismissed as the chair of the national health service Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand).[33]

On 26 April 2023, Parker released research from the Inland Revenue Department that found New Zealand's wealthiest families pay less than half the amount of tax, across all forms of income, than most other New Zealanders. Parker said the "internationally ground-breaking research" revealed a "large differential between the tax rates ordinary New Zealanders pay on their full income compared with the super-wealthy".[34] On 18 May 2023, Parker introduced the Tax Principles Reporting Bill that proposes an ongoing reporting framework for fairness in the tax system.[35]

On 21 June 2023, Parker gained the Transport portfolio, upon the resignation of Michael Wood following several controversies around shares.[36] He replaced Kieran McAnulty, who was the temporary holder of the role following the original controversies around Auckland Airport shares held by Wood.

As part of an already planned reshuffle, Parker resigned his role as Revenue Minister on 25 July 2023 after Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, said Labour would not introduce a wealth tax.[37]

### Sixth National Government, 2023-present[edit]

During the 2023 New Zealand general election, Parker was re-elected to Parliament on the Labour Party list.[38]

Following the formation of the National-led coalition government in late November 2023, Parker became Shadow Attorney General and spokesperson for foreign affairs and electoral reform in the Shadow Cabinet of Chris Hipkins.[39]

## Personal life[edit]

Parker has three children and is in a relationship with Barbara Ward.[40][7]

On 28 February 2022, Parker became the first New Zealand Member of Parliament to test positive for COVID-19.[41]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Small, Vernon (2 April 2011). "David Parker: MP who could be Labour's king". Stuff. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
2. ^ "Latest News » Otago Boys' High School". Otago Boys' High School. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
3. ^ "Hon David Parker". Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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8. ^ Young, Audrey (31 July 2002). "Tears flow as 16 MPs say goodbye". The New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Press Association. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
9. ^ "2005 General Election". gazette.co.nz. New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
10. ^ "Parker quits all Cabinet posts". The New Zealand Herald. 21 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023.
11. ^ Young, Audrey (27 April 2006). "Parker heads back into the Cabinet". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023.
12. ^ Clark, Helen (2 May 2006). "David Parker returns to Cabinet". Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
13. ^ "Official Count Results – Waitaki". New Zealand Election 2008. Ministry of Justice. 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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16. ^ "Official Count Results – Successful Candidates". Electoral Commission. 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
17. ^ "Labour's 'three Davids' to hit the road". Stuff. 30 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
18. ^ "Parker drops out, backs Shearer for Labour leadership". One News. Television New Zealand. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
19. ^ "Labour List for the 2014 Election Announced" (Press release). New Zealand Labour Party. Scoop. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
20. ^ "Official Count Results – Successful Candidates". Electoral Commission. 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
21. ^ Small, Vernon; Gulliver, Aimee (18 November 2014). "Andrew Little new Labour Party leader – by a whisker". Stuff. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
22. ^ Young, Audrey (3 November 2017). "Grant Robertson: Finance Minister more than Dr No". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
23. ^ "2017 General Election – Official Result Successful Candidates". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
24. ^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
25. ^ "11 nations to sign Pacific trade pact as US plans tariffs". New York Daily News. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
26. ^ Roy, Eleanor Ainge; Jong, Eleanor de (15 August 2018). "'Tenants on our own land': New Zealand bans sale of homes to foreign buyers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
27. ^ "Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Cabinet reshuffle – the ups and downs". Stuff. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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29. ^ "2020 General Election and Referendums – Official Result Successful Candidates". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
30. ^ "Ministerial List for Announcement on Monday" (PDF). Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government. 2 November 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
31. ^ Walls, Jason (24 July 2019). "Government wants to put a firmer focus on climate change when it shakes up the RMA". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
32. ^ "House – New Zealand Parliament". bills.parliament.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
33. ^ "Ousted health boss Rob Campbell also dumped as chair of EPA". Radio New Zealand. 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
34. ^ "Wealthiest paying tax at much lower rate than most other New Zealanders – IRD report". Radio New Zealand. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
35. ^ "House – New Zealand Parliament". bills.parliament.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
36. ^ "Michael Wood resigns as minister after revelations of further shareholdings". The New Zealand Herald. 21 June 2023. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
37. ^ McConnell, Glenn (25 July 2023). "David Parker: 'Untenable' to remain revenue minister after wealth tax rejection". Stuff. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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39. ^ "Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins reveals new shadow Cabinet". Radio New Zealand. 30 November 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
40. ^ Cooke, Henry (27 April 2018). "National Portrait: Minister of Almost Everything David Parker". Stuff. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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## External links[edit]

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Pete Hodgson

|  Minister for Land Information
2006–2008  | Succeeded by

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Preceded by

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|  Attorney-General
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Michael Cullen

Preceded by

Chris Finlayson

| Succeeded by

Judith Collins

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|  Minister for the Environment
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Penny Simmonds

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|  Minister for Trade and Export Growth
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Damien O'Connor

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|  Minister of Economic Development
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Phil Twyford

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* Rick Barker (2011)
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* Sue Moroney (2013–14)
* Chris Hipkins (2014–16)
* Kris Faafoi (2016–17)
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* Michael Wood (2019–20)
* Kieran McAnulty (2020–22)
* Duncan Webb (2022–23)
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Names without
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(List of former MPs)|

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* Deputy Leader: Carmel Sepuloni (Kelston)

* Ginny Andersen
* Camilla Belich
* Glen Bennett
* Rachel Boyack (Nelson)
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