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{{short description|New Zealand Labour Party politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Rachel Brooking
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of parliament|MP]]
|image =
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|caption = Brooking in 2023
|order = 13th [[Minister of Fisheries (New Zealand)|Minister for Oceans and Fisheries]]
|term_start = 12 April 2023
|term_end = 27 November 2023
|predecessor = [[David Parker (New Zealand politician)|David Parker]] (acting)
|successor = [[Shane Jones]]
|primeminister = [[Chris Hipkins]]
|constituency_MP3 = [[Dunedin (New Zealand
|term_start3 = 17 October 2020▼
|parliament3 = New Zealand
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|predecessor3 = [[David Clark (New Zealand politician)|David Clark]]
|term_start4 = ▼
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|constituency_MP4 = [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] [[party list]]
|parliament4 = New Zealand
▲|term_start4 = 17 October 2020
|term_end4 = 14 October 2023
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|profession = Lawyer
|alma_mater = [[University of Otago]]
|spouse =
|children = 3
|website =
|footnotes =
}}
'''Rachel Jane Brooking'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/HansS_20201125_039660000/event|title=Event
==Biography==
Brooking has a double degree in ecology and law from the University of Otago.<ref name="student activist" />
Prior to entering Parliament, Brooking worked as a lawyer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNeilly |first1=Hamish |title=Simon Bridges confident National can breach Labour's southern stronghold |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119684668/simon-bridges-confident-national-can-breach-labours-southern-stronghold |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=27 July 2020 |date=20 February 2020}}</ref> She specialised in environmental, resource management and local government law, and worked for a period for the [[Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment]] in Wellington before returning to Dunedin to practice law with Anderson Lloyd.<ref name="student activist" />
Brooking became a student activist in 1994, her first year at university, protesting against education minister [[Lockwood Smith]]
===Political career===
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At the {{NZ election link|2020}} Brooking stood for Parliament for the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]]. She hoped to be Labour's candidate for the {{NZ electorate link|Dunedin South}} electorate, later renamed Taieri, but Labour selected [[Ingrid Leary]] instead.<ref name="ODT1">{{cite news|last=Houlahan|first=Mike|date=2 March 2020|title=Labour picks Dunedin South seat candidate|work=[[Otago Daily Times]]|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/labour-picks-dunedin-south-seat-candidate|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> Brooking was ranked 46th on the [[party list]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Labour announces list for 2020 Election |url=https://www.labour.org.nz/2020-list |website=Labour |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> which was a high enough ranking to enter Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 General Election and Referendums - Official Result Successful Candidates |url=https://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/successful-candidates.html |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |access-date=5 February 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The day after the election was also her birthday.<ref name="Double celebration"/>▼
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{{End}}
▲At the {{NZ election link|2020}} Brooking stood for Parliament for the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]]. She hoped to be Labour's candidate for the {{NZ electorate link|Dunedin South}} electorate, later renamed [[Taieri (New Zealand electorate)|Taieri]], but Labour selected [[Ingrid Leary]] instead.<ref name="ODT1">{{cite news |last=Houlahan |first=Mike |date=2 March 2020 |title=Labour picks Dunedin South seat candidate |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/labour-picks-dunedin-south-seat-candidate |access-date=5 May 2020 }}</ref> Brooking was ranked
The day after [[Dunedin (New Zealand electorate)|Dunedin]] MP [[David Clark (New Zealand politician)|David Clark]] announced on 13 December 2022 that he would retire, Brooking said she would seek the Labour candidacy for the electorate in 2023,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Houlahan |first=Mike |date=14 December 2022|title=Brooking puts name forward for seat |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/brooking-puts-name-forward-seat |access-date=4 January 2023|work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |language=en }}</ref> for which she was selected.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/brooking-contest-seat-election |title=Brooking to contest seat at election |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=4 March 2023 |access-date=10 March 2023 |language=en |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
On 11 April 2023, Brooking was appointed as Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, and also allocated the associate environment and immigration portfolios.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rise for Brooking in Cabinet reshuffle |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/rise-brooking-cabinet-reshuffle |access-date=12 April 2023 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=11 April 2023}}</ref> She is a minister outside cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial List {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-units/cabinet-office/ministers-and-their-portfolios/ministerial-list |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref> Brooking was given the Food Safety portfolio following [[Meka Whaitiri]]'s switch to [[Te Pāti Māori]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2023 |title=Hipkins reallocates Meka Whaitiri's portfolios |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/489528/hipkins-reallocates-meka-whaitiri-s-portfolios |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref>
On 6 October 2023 Brooking, in her capacity as Oceans and Fisheries Minister, along with Minister of Conservation [[Willow-Jean Prime]] announced that the Government would create six new marine reserves between [[Timaru]] and the [[Catlins]] in the lower South Island.<ref>{{cite news |title=Government announces six new South Island marine reserves |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/election-2023/499457/government-announces-six-new-south-island-marine-reserves |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005042306/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/election-2023/499457/government-announces-six-new-south-island-marine-reserves |archive-date=5 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
During the 2023 election, she won the Dunedin electorate seat, defeating National's candidate [[Michael Woodhouse]] by a margin of 7,980 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 November 2023|title=Dunedin - Official Result|url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-08.html |access-date=20 November 2023 |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123104114/https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-08.html|archive-date=23 November 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
In late November 2023, Brooking was given the environment, food safety, and space portfolios in the [[Shadow Cabinet of Chris Hipkins]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins reveals new shadow Cabinet |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/503581/labour-party-leader-chris-hipkins-reveals-new-shadow-cabinet |access-date=11 December 2023 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=30 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204120147/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/503581/labour-party-leader-chris-hipkins-reveals-new-shadow-cabinet |archive-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
On 5 December 2023, Brooking was granted retention of the title ''[[The Honourable]]'', in recognition of her term as a member of the [[Executive Council of New Zealand|Executive Council]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2023-vr5732 |title=Retention of the title "The Honourable" |date=8 December 2023 |work=[[New Zealand Gazette]] |access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Brooking is married to
== References ==
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