Pages

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

David Farrar: How CEOs rate the MPs – Mood of the Boardroom 2025


The Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom has found:

1. Erica Stanford (Education) 4.38/5 (+0.37)
2. Winston Peters 3.82/5 (+0.16)
3. Chris Bishop (Infrastructure) 3.80/5 (-0.08)
4. Todd McClay (Trade) 3.74/5 (+0.24)
5. Mark Mitchell (Police) 3.66/5 (+0.04)
6. Simeon Brown (Health) 3.61/5 (-0.28)

7. Judith Collins (Defence) 3.60/5 (-0.14)
8.Brooke van Velden (Workplace Relations) 3.25/5 (-0.35)
9. Shane Jones (Regional Development) 3.24/5 (+0.11)
10. Barbara Edmonds 3.20/5 (+0.46)
11. Chris Penk (Construction) 3.18/5 (+0.30)
12. David Seymour (Regulation) 3.16/5 (-0.24)
13. Louise Upston (Tourism) 3.11/5 (nc)
14. Nicola Willis (Finance) 3.09/5 (-0.79)
15. Simon Watts (Energy) 3.00/5 (-0.18)
16. Christopher Luxon (Prime Minister) 2.96/5 (-0.77)
17. Paul Goldsmith (Justice) 2.92/5 (-0.14)
18. Scott Simpson (Commerce) 2.91/5
19. Kieran McAnulty 2.87/5 (+0.11)
20. Tama Potaka (Māori Crown Relations) 2.85/5 (-0.29)
21. Andrew Hoggard (Biosecurity) 2.76/5 (-0.18)
22. James Meager (Youth) 2.73/5
23. Karen Chhour (Children)2.76/5 (-0.02)
24. Mark Patterson (Rural Communities) 2.62/5 (-0.03)
25. Nicole McKee (Courts) 2.59/5 (-0.12)
26. Nicola Grigg (Women) 2.58/5 (-0.03)
27. Shane Reti (Universities) 2.57/5 (-0.60)
28. Casey Costello (Customs) 2.51/5 (-0.04)
29. Penny Simmonds (Environment) 2.37/5 (+0.02)
30. Matt Doocey (Mental Health) 2.35/5 (-0.53)
31. Chris Hipkins 2.28/5 (-0.05)
32. Ginny Andersen 2.17/5 (+0.02)
33. Megan Woods 2.16/5 (-0.07)
34. Ayesha Verrall 2.07/5 (-0.33)
35. Carmel Sepuloni 2.04/5 (-0.22)
36. Willie Jackson 1.78/5 (-0.18)
37. Jan Tinetti 1.76/5 (-0.10)
38. Willow Jean Prime 1.53/5 (-0.40)

So 14 out of 28 Ministers got a rating of 3 or higher, for less than last year. Overall most Ministers dropped, some very significantly.

However still a lot better than the alternative. The only Labour frontbencher to get above a 3 was Barbara Edmonds. Labour’s Education Spokesperson gets a terrible 1.53, probably reflecting her decision to ignore multiple personal requests for briefing on NCEA reform.

The MPs who had the biggest increases since last year are:

1. Barbara Edmonds +0.46
2. Erica Stanford +0.37
3. Chris Penk +0.30
4. Todd McClay +0.24
5. Winston Peters +0.16
6. Shane Jones +0.11
7. Kieran McAnulty +0.11

David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Barbara Edmonds gets a higher ranking than Nicola Willis.

Just goes to show you can't hide stupid from CEOs.

The problem for Luxon is Willis is taking him down with her.

Come on Mr Luxon, save us and you with an intellgent, honest finance minister.

Chris Bishop and Sam Uffendell have the experience, qualifications, and smarts to fix THE MAJOR ENDURING NZ economic issue you identified.....

Electricity, supermarkets, banking: price collusion and super profit margins keeping NZ productivity low and NZers poor!