How CEOs rate the MPs – Mood of the Boardroom 2025
The Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom has found:
- Erica Stanford (Education) 4.38/5 (+0.37)
- Winston Peters 3.82/5 (+0.16)
- Chris Bishop (Infrastructure) 3.80/5 (-0.08)
- Todd McClay (Trade) 3.74/5 (+0.24)
- Mark Mitchell (Police) 3.66/5 (+0.04)
- Simeon Brown (Health) 3.61/5 (-0.28)
- Judith Collins (Defence) 3.60/5 (-0.14)
- Brooke van Velden (Workplace Relations) 3.25/5 (-0.35)
- Shane Jones (Regional Development) 3.24/5 (+0.11)
- Barbara Edmonds 3.20/5 (+0.46)
- Chris Penk (Construction) 3.18/5 (+0.30)
- David Seymour (Regulation) 3.16/5 (-0.24)
- Louise Upston (Tourism) 3.11/5 (nc)
- Nicola Willis (Finance) 3.09/5 (-0.79)
- Simon Watts (Energy) 3.00/5 (-0.18)
- Christopher Luxon (Prime Minister) 2.96/5 (-0.77)
- Paul Goldsmith (Justice) 2.92/5 (-0.14)
- Scott Simpson (Commerce) 2.91/5
- Kieran McAnulty 2.87/5 (+0.11)
- Tama Potaka (Māori Crown Relations) 2.85/5 (-0.29)
- Andrew Hoggard (Biosecurity) 2.76/5 (-0.18)
- James Meager (Youth) 2.73/5
- Karen Chhour (Children)2.76/5 (-0.02)
- Mark Patterson (Rural Communities) 2.62/5 (-0.03)
- Nicole McKee (Courts) 2.59/5 (-0.12)
- Nicola Grigg (Women) 2.58/5 (-0.03)
- Shane Reti (Universities) 2.57/5 (-0.60)
- Casey Costello (Customs) 2.51/5 (-0.04)
- Penny Simmonds (Environment) 2.37/5 (+0.02)
- Matt Doocey (Mental Health) 2.35/5 (-0.53)
- Chris Hipkins 2.28/5 (-0.05)
- Ginny Andersen 2.17/5 (+0.02)
- Megan Woods 2.16/5 (-0.07)
- Ayesha Verrall 2.07/5 (-0.33)
- Carmel Sepuloni 2.04/5 (-0.22)
- Willie Jackson 1.78/5 (-0.18)
- Jan Tinetti 1.76/5 (-0.10)
- Willow Jean Prime 1.53/5 (-0.40)
So 14 out of 28 Ministers got a rating of 3 or higher, for less than last year. Overall most Ministers dropped, some very significantly.
However still a lot better than the alternative. The one;y Labour frontbencher to get above a 3 was Barbara Edmonds. Labour’s Education Spokesperson gets a terrible 1.53, probably reflecting her decision to ignore multiple personal requests for briefing on NCEA reform.
The MPs who had the biggest increases since last year are:
- Barbara Edmonds +0.46
- Erica Stanford +0.37
- Chris Penk +0.30
- Todd McClay +0.24
- Winston Peters +0.16
- Shane Jones +0.11
- Kieran McAnulty +0.11