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|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 electorate)|Dunedin]]
|parliament3 = New Zealand
|term_start3 = 14 October 2023
|term_end3 =
|predecessor3 = [[David Clark (New Zealand politician)|David Clark]]
|successor3 =
|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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'''Rachel Jane Brooking'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/HansS_20201125_039660000/event|title=Event – New Zealand Parliament|website=www.parliament.nz}}</ref> (born 18 October 1975)<ref name="Double celebration" /> is a [[New Zealand Labour Party]] politician and [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] who
==Biography==
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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==
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