October 7, 2024 3:00pm by David Farrar

How CEOs rate the MPs

The Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom has found:

  1. Erica Stanford (Education) 4.01/5
  2. Simeon Brown (Transport) 3.89/5
  3. Nicola Willis (Finance) 3.88/5
  4. Chris Bishop (Infrastructure) 3.88/5
  5. Judith Collins (Defence) 3.74/5
  6. Christopher Luxon (Prime Minister) 3.73/5
  7. Winston Peters (Foreign Affairs) 3.66/5
  8. Mark Mitchell (Police) 3.62/5
  9. Brooke van Velden (Internal Affairs) 3.60/5
  10. Todd McClay (Trade) 3.50/5
  11. Andrew Bayly (Commerce) 3.48/5
  12. David Seymour (Regulation) 3.40/5
  13. Simon Watts (Climate Change) 3.18/5
  14. Shane Reti (Health) 3.17/5
  15. Tama Potaka (Māori Crown Relations) 3.14/5
  16. Shane Jones (Regional Development) 3.13/5
  17. Louise Upston (Social Development) 3.11/5
  18. Paul Goldsmith (Justice) 3.06/5
  19. Andrew Hoggard (Biosecurity) 2.94/5
  20. Matt Doocey (Mental Health) 2.88/5
  21. Chris Penk (Construction) 2.88/5
  22. Karen Chhour (Children)2.78/5
  23. Kieran McAnulty 2.76/5
  24. Barbara Edmonds 2.74/5
  25. Nicole McKee (Courts) 2.71/5
  26. Mark Patterson (Rural Communities) 2.65/5
  27. Nicola Grigg (Women) 2.61/5
  28. Casey Costello (Customs) 2.55/5
  29. Chlöe Swarbrick 2.48/5
  30. Ayesha Verrall 2.40/5
  31. Penny Simmonds (Environment) 2.35/5
  32. Chris Hipkins 2.33/5
  33. Carmel Sepuloni 2.26/5
  34. Megan Woods 2.23/5
  35. Ginny Andersen 2.15/5
  36. Melissa Lee (Economic Development) 2.12/5
  37. Willie Jackson 1.94/5
  38. Willow Jean Prime 1.93/5
  39. Jan Tinetti 1.86/5
  40. Marama Davidson 1.82
  41. Debbie Ngarewa-Packer 1.69/5
  42. Rawiri Waititi 1.69/5

So 18 out of 28 Ministers got a rating of 3 or higher.

How does it compare to the ratings for Labour’s Ministers last year:

  • Education 4.01 vs 1.62 = +2.39
  • Transport 3.89 vs 2.16 = +1.73
  • Police 3.62 vs 2.03 = +1.59
  • Foreign Affairs 3.66 vs 2.11 = +1.55
  • Infrastructure 3.88 vs 2.44 = +1.44
  • Defence 3.74 vs 2.63 = +1.11
  • Finance 3.88 vs 2.84 = +1.04
  • Health 3.17 vs 2.23 = +0.94
  • Welfare 3.11 vs 2.32 = +0.79
  • PM 3.73 vs 2.95 = +0.78

So the areas where CEOs think Ministers are doing most better is Education, Transport, Police, Foreign Affairs and Infrastructure.

The difference in Education is especially profound with Erica Stanford seen as the best performing Minister and Labour’s Jan Tinetti the worst performing one last year.