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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 is currently servingserved as the [[Minister of Fisheries (New Zealand)|Minister for Oceans and Fisheries]] and Minister for Food Safety in the [[Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand|Sixth Labour Government]]. She first became an MP at the [[2020 New Zealand general election]].<ref name="40 new MPs">{{Cite news |via=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |title=Election 2020: The 40 diverse new MPs entering Parliament |url= https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/vote-2020/election-2020-the-forty-newcomers-entering-parliament/ |date=18 October 2020 |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=[[Newstalk ZB]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201022040442/https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/vote-2020/election-2020-the-forty-newcomers-entering-parliament/ |archive-date=22 October 2020}}</ref> She is a lawyer by profession.
 
==Biography==
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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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