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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">38th <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Internal_Affairs_(New_Zealand)" title="Minister of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)">Minister of Internal Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />27 November 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">New Zealand Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/T%C4%81maki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate)">Tāmaki</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />14 October 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Simon_O%27Connor" title="Simon O'Connor">Simon O'Connor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">4,575</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">New Zealand Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> <a href="/wiki/Party_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Party List">Party List</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 October 2020 – 14 October 2023</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1992-10-15</span>) </span>15 October 1992<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 32)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Auckland" title="University of Auckland">University of Auckland</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brooke Olivia van Velden</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born 15 October 1992)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hansard_10_Feb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hansard_10_Feb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a New Zealand politician who has served as the deputy leader of <a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT New Zealand</a> since June 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has been a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">member of Parliament</a> (MP) since the <a href="/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2020 New Zealand general election">2020 general election</a>, first as a <a href="/wiki/List_MP" title="List MP">list MP</a><sup id="cite_ref-40_new_MPs_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40_new_MPs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, since <a href="/wiki/2023_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2023 New Zealand general election">2023</a>, the MP for <a href="/wiki/T%C4%81maki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate)">Tāmaki</a>. Van Velden currently serves in the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Sixth National Government of New Zealand">National-led government</a> as the 38th <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Internal_Affairs_(New_Zealand)" title="Minister of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)">minister of internal affairs</a> and 6th <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Workplace_Relations_and_Safety" title="Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety">minister for workplace relations and safety</a>. She is the second youngest cabinet minister in New Zealand history, being just eight days older than <a href="/wiki/Phil_Goff" title="Phil Goff">Phil Goff</a> was when he became Minister of Housing after the 1984 election. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Van Velden was born in Auckland in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-Hansard_10_Feb_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hansard_10_Feb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She attended <a href="/wiki/St_Cuthbert%27s_College,_Auckland" title="St Cuthbert's College, Auckland">St Cuthbert's College</a> in Auckland, where she joined the school choir in Year 12. She says this sparked her interest in public speaking. She later joined the Welsh Choir.<sup id="cite_ref-Now_to_Love_2023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Now_to_Love_2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Velden studied economics and international trade at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Auckland" title="University of Auckland">University of Auckland</a>, graduating with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Commerce" title="Bachelor of Commerce">Bachelor of Commerce</a> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Now_to_Love_2023_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Now_to_Love_2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She worked for lobbying firm Exceltium.<sup id="cite_ref-stuffannounce_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuffannounce-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Staffer_and_lobbyist">Staffer and lobbyist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Staffer and lobbyist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/End_of_Life_Choice_Act_2019" title="End of Life Choice Act 2019">End of Life Choice Act 2019</a></div> <p>Before becoming a Member of Parliament, van Velden worked as a staffer for ACT leader <a href="/wiki/David_Seymour_(New_Zealand_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Seymour (New Zealand politician)">David Seymour</a>. Her sole task in this role was to get Seymour's <a href="/wiki/End_of_Life_Choice_Act_2019" title="End of Life Choice Act 2019">End of Life Choice Bill</a> passed. She spent two years lobbying Members of Parliament to support it and helped draft the legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-Now_to_Love_2023_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Now_to_Love_2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Van Velden said that she "made herself useful" to MPs who wanted to know more about the bill, and also approached politicians in the tunnel between the <a href="/wiki/Beehive_(New_Zealand)" title="Beehive (New Zealand)">Beehive</a> and the Bowen Street building to discuss the bill. She said that she has been called a "snake" and a "spy", and that once several MPs had shouted abuse at her.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bill passed and became an Act of Parliament in 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-3rd_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3rd-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but with concessions. The bill faced opposition from members of the Justice Select Committee in 2018. Seymour and van Velden developed a "sponsor's report" for the bill, giving their own recommendations before the committee, including limiting assisted death only to those who were terminally ill. This compromise restricted choice but improved support. The Act also states that it only comes into effect if supported by a referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This referendum was held on 17 October and it passed with 65.1% support.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 440px; float: left; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; border: 4; cellpadding: 2; cellspacing: 0;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000026-QINU`"'</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:black">New Zealand Parliament</span></a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width: 95px;">Years </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 35px;">Term </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 125px;">Electorate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 35px;">List </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 150px;">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2020 New Zealand general election">2020</a>–2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/53rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="53rd New Zealand Parliament">53rd</a> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Party_lists_in_the_2020_New_Zealand_general_election" title="Party lists in the 2020 New Zealand general election">List</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td style="background-color:#FDE401; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2023 New Zealand general election">2023</a>–present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/54th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="54th New Zealand Parliament">54th</a> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/T%C4%81maki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate)">Tāmaki</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td style="background-color:#FDE401; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017_election_candidacy">2017 election candidacy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2017 election candidacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Van Velden first ran for Parliament at the <a href="/wiki/2017_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2017 New Zealand general election">2017 general election</a>. She contested the <a href="/wiki/Auckland_Central_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Auckland Central (New Zealand electorate)">Auckland Central</a> electorate<sup id="cite_ref-RNZ2017_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RNZ2017-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was placed third on ACT's party list,<sup id="cite_ref-stuffannounce_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuffannounce-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was not elected.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_term,_2020–2023"><span id="First_term.2C_2020.E2.80.932023"></span>First term, 2020–2023</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First term, 2020–2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Van Velden was selected as ACT's deputy leader in June 2020, at the age of 27, and was placed second on its party list for the 2020 general election. At the announcement of her role, leader David Seymour described her as the "future of the party".<sup id="cite_ref-stuffannounce_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuffannounce-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She ran for the electorate of <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Central_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington Central</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stuffannounce_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuffannounce-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She did not win the electorate, placing fifth with 865 votes, but ACT, with 7.6% of the preliminary party vote, was entitled to ten MPs including van Velden.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-results2020_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results2020-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Seymour was previously the party's only representative in Parliament, van Velden became one of nine new ACT Party MPs in the <a href="/wiki/53rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="53rd New Zealand Parliament">53rd Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40_new_MPs_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40_new_MPs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to being deputy leader, she is the ACT party whip and spokesperson for Health, Housing, Foreign Affairs, and Trade.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late April 2021, van Velden submitted a motion asking the New Zealand Parliament to debate and vote on the issue of human rights abuses against the <a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghur</a> ethnic minority community in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> province.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early May, the incumbent Labour Party revised the motion to raise concerns about human rights abuses in Xinjiang while deleting the term genocide, which was subsequently adopted by the New Zealand Parliament on 5 May.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, the Chinese Embassy claimed that the motion was based on "groundless accusations" of human rights abuses against China and interfered in China's internal affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 May 2021, van Velden on behalf of her party opposed <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green Party</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Golriz_Ghahraman" title="Golriz Ghahraman">Golriz Ghahraman</a>'s motion calling for Members of Parliament to recognise the rights of Palestinians to <a href="/wiki/Self-determination" title="Self-determination">self-determination</a> and statehood while reaffirming the Act Party's support for a <a href="/wiki/Two-state_solution" title="Two-state solution">two-state solution</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Israel-Palestine_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel-Palestine conflict">Israel-Palestine conflict</a>. Van Velden justified ACT's opposition on the basis of another Green MP <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Men%C3%A9ndez_March" title="Ricardo Menéndez March">Ricardo Menéndez March</a>'s tweet that said "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!." In response, Ghahraman contended that March was defending the rights of both Arabs and Jews to having equal rights in their homeland.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Velden's <a href="/wiki/Private_member%27s_bill" title="Private member's bill">member's bill</a>, the Housing Infrastructure (GST-sharing) Bill, was selected for first reading in October 2022. If passed, it would require the Government to share half of the GST revenue of a new house with the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_authorities_of_New_Zealand" title="Territorial authorities of New Zealand">territorial authority</a> responsible for the district the house is built in.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, she said "When it came to COVID, we completely blew out what the value of a life was, completely, I’ve never seen such a high value on life."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2023_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2023 New Zealand general election">2023 New Zealand general election</a>, van Velden was selected as the ACT party candidate for the eastern Auckland electorate of <a href="/wiki/T%C4%81maki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate)">Tāmaki</a>, which had been held by the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National Party</a> since 1960. Van Velden announced she would campaign to win the electorate, instead of campaigning for the party vote only, something the party rarely does outside of their stronghold of <a href="/wiki/Epsom_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Epsom (New Zealand electorate)">Epsom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An opinion poll released on 2 October showed van Velden tied with the incumbent, <a href="/wiki/Simon_O%27Connor" title="Simon O'Connor">Simon O'Connor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election night results showed a victory for van Velden, with a majority of 4,158 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_term,_2023–present"><span id="Second_term.2C_2023.E2.80.93present"></span>Second term, 2023–present</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second term, 2023–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Sixth National Government of New Zealand">National-led coalition government</a>, van Velden became Minister of <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Internal_Affairs_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)">Internal Affairs</a> and Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Workplace Relations Minister, she introduced legislation repealing the previous Labour Government's <a href="/wiki/Fair_Pay_Agreements_Act_2022" title="Fair Pay Agreements Act 2022">Fair Pay Agreements Act 2022</a> on 19 December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Van Velden claimed that fair pay agreements "were never about fairness" but forced "a minority of union worker's views on all affected workers and businesses."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 February 2024, van Velden, as Workplace Relations and Safety Minister, confirmed that the Government would raise the minimum wage by two percent to NZ$23.15 an hour from 1 April 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 February Van Velden, as Minister of Internal Affairs, confirmed that the Government would expand the scope of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission_of_Inquiry_into_COVID-19_Lessons_Learned" title="Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned">Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned</a> to include the use of multiple lockdowns, vaccine procurement, the socio-economic of the COVID-19 pandemic on regional and national levels, the cost-effectiveness of the Government's policies, disruptions to public health, education and businesses caused by the Government's policies, and whether the Government response was consistent with the rule of law.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Workplace Relations Minister, van Velden confirmed that the Government was planning to overhaul health and safety regulations and amend the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Holiday_Act_2003&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holiday Act 2003 (page does not exist)">Holiday Act 2003</a>. She criticised the previous Labour Government's minimum wage increase, designation of <a href="/wiki/Matariki" title="Matariki">Matariki</a> as a public holiday and doubling of sick leave entitlements for creating business uncertainty and raising the costs of doing business. While <a href="/wiki/Business_NZ" class="mw-redirect" title="Business NZ">Business NZ</a> welcomed the proposed changes, <a href="/wiki/First_Union_New_Zealand" title="First Union New Zealand">First Union New Zealand</a> described the proposed changes as an attack on workers.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In nearly June 2024, van Velden confirmed that an exposure draft of the Government's proposed changes to the Holidays Act would be released in September 2024 including shifting annual leave from an entitlement system to an accrual system.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_views">Political views</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Van Velden has stated her reasons for entering politics are to reduce generational debt, improve housing affordability, and provide better mental health for all.<sup id="cite_ref-top_contenders_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-top_contenders-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She supported the End of Life Choice Bill based on her belief in freedom of choice.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a debate about legalising <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">cannabis</a>, van Velden said that she had smoked it before.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was formerly a <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green Party</a> voter but switched to supporting ACT while studying economics and international trade at the University of Auckland.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Van Velden's parents were a nurse and mechanic. She has three older brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-Now_to_Love_2023_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Now_to_Love_2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She practises <a href="/wiki/Bikram_Yoga" title="Bikram Yoga">Bikram Yoga</a> and enjoys knitting and tapestry in her leisure time.<sup id="cite_ref-top_contenders_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-top_contenders-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brooke_van_Velden&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">Prime Minister</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Luxon" title="Christopher Luxon">Christopher Luxon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand">Deputy Prime Minister</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Peters" title="Winston Peters">Winston Peters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CCDDFF;">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Luxon" title="Christopher Luxon">Christopher Luxon</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Willis" title="Nicola Willis">Nicola Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bishop" title="Chris Bishop">Chris Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Reti" title="Shane Reti">Shane Reti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Brown" title="Simeon Brown">Simeon Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Stanford" title="Erica Stanford">Erica Stanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Goldsmith_(politician)" title="Paul Goldsmith (politician)">Paul Goldsmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Upston" title="Louise Upston">Louise Upston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Collins" title="Judith Collins">Judith Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Mitchell_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mark Mitchell (New Zealand politician)">Mark Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_McClay" title="Todd McClay">Todd McClay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tama_Potaka" title="Tama Potaka">Tama Potaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Doocey" title="Matt Doocey">Matt Doocey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Watts" title="Simon Watts">Simon Watts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFFF80;">ACT</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/David_Seymour" title="David Seymour">David Seymour</a></b></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brooke van Velden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_McKee" title="Nicole McKee">Nicole McKee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CCCCCC;">NZ 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