Ginny Andersen is the new Police Minister. Stuart Nash resigned from the role last week after he boasted about calling the Police Commissioner about a case where he thought the sentence was too light.
But despite only being sworn in as a Cabinet Minister last month, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says the MP for Hutt South is a safe pair of hands.
He says she's a former chair of the Justice Select Committee, and worked for the police for years before entering politics.
