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The Executive Council of New Zealand (Māori: Te Komiti Matua o Aotearoa) is the full group of "responsible advisers"[1] to the governor-general, who advise on state and constitutional affairs. All government ministers must be appointed as executive councillors before they are appointed as ministers; therefore all members of Cabinet are also executive councillors. The governor-general signs a warrant of appointment for each member of the Executive Council, and separate warrants for each ministerial portfolio.
To be an executive councillor, one must normally be a member of Parliament (this was codified in the Constitution Act of 1986). However, one may serve up to thirty days without being in Parliament; this is to allow for the transition of members not yet sworn in and members who have retired or been defeated. Each executive councillor must take the relevant oaths or affirmations set out in legislation.[2][3]
- ^ "Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1983, as amended in 1987 and 2006". New Zealand Legislation. Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. "Executive Council". Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Government of New Zealand. "Ministers; Appointment (paragraph 2.17)". Cabinet Manual 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2014.