Nicola Grigg
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Nicola Grigg | |
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.png) Grigg in 2023 | |
| 17th Minister for the Environment | |
| Assumed office 7 April 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Christopher Luxon |
| Preceded by | Penny Simmonds |
| 17th Minister for Women | |
| Assumed office 27 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Christopher Luxon |
| Preceded by | Jan Tinetti |
| Minister of State for Trade | |
| Assumed office 27 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Christopher Luxon |
| Preceded by | Rino Tirikatene |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Selwyn | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Amy Adams |
| Majority | 19,782 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979 or 1980 (age 45–46)[1] Mount Somers, New Zealand |
| Party | National |
| Relations | Arthur Grigg (great-grandfather) Mary Grigg (great-grandmother)[2] John Cracroft Wilson (Third great-grandfather) |
| Website | Official website |
Nicola Anna Grigg[3] MP is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives representing the Selwyn electorate since October 2020, and has served as a Minister of the Crown since 27 November 2023. She is currently the Minister for the Environment, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Minister for Women, and Associate Minister for ACC in the Sixth National Government. She is a member of the National Party.
Grigg was born and raised in Mount Somers.[4] Two of her great-grandparents were Members of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury between 1938 and 1943: Arthur Grigg and Mary Grigg (who was the first woman MP for the National Party, completing Arthur's term after his death).[5][6] Grigg is also a third-great-granddaughter (through Mary Grigg) of John Cracroft Wilson, a British-educated civil servant in India, farmer and politician in New Zealand and Sir John Hall, an English-born New Zealand politician who served as the 12th premier of New Zealand from 1879 to 1882.
Grigg worked as a journalist for both Newstalk ZB and Radio New Zealand before shifting her career to politics. She worked for Bill English both during his tenure as finance minister and prime minister. She later worked for leader of the opposition Simon Bridges. She then left working at parliament and took up a position at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.[7]
Political career
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2023 | 53rd | Selwyn | 60 | National | |
| 2023–present | 54th | Selwyn | 19 | National | |
First (2020–2023)
Grigg was selected as the National Party candidate for the Selwyn electorate in November 2019 on the first ballot, ahead of two other nominees: Simon Flood and Craig Watson.[7]
In the 2020 general election, she was elected to the Selwyn seat with a final majority of 4,968 votes.[8] Following the election, Grigg served as National's spokesperson for women and, from August 2021, trade and export growth.[9][10]
On 19 January 2023, Grigg was also given the responsibility for Spokesperson for Rural Communities, Animal Welfare, Biosecurity, Food Safety and Associate Spokesperson for Agriculture. However, she lost the trade and export growth portfolio.[11]
Second term (2023–present)
At the 2023 New Zealand general election, Grigg retained the Selwyn electorate, beating Labour's Luke Jones by a margin of 19,782.[12]
On 27 November 2023, she was appointed by the Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro at Government House to be the Associate Minister of Agriculture, Minister of State for Trade, and Minister for Women in the National-led coalition government.[13]
In late February 2025 Grigg, in her capacity as Minister of State for Trade and Investment, accompanied Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and a business delegation to Vietnam to promote bilateral economic and educational relations.[14]
Following a cabinet reshuffle in early April 2026, Grigg was appointed as Minister for the Environment.[15]
