Editing Prime Minister of New Zealand (section)

== Deputy prime minister ==
{{Main|Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand}}
An office titled "deputy prime minister" has existed since 1949.{{efn|group= notes|The formal title dates to 1949, although the role of deputy has existed on an informal basis for as long as the office of prime minister/premier has existed.}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilson |first=James Oakley |title=New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition=4th |orig-year=1913 |year=1985 |publisher=V. R. Ward, Government Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 |page=118 }}</ref> The deputy typically holds important ministerial portfolios and, by convention, becomes [[acting prime minister]] in the absence or incapacity of the prime minister.{{efn|There is, however, no legislated [[order of succession]].}} The deputy is commonly a member of the same party as the prime minister, but not necessarily so; in coalition governments, the parliamentary leader of a junior party may be offered the post.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Small|first1=Vernon|title=Labour leader looks to outsiders for deputy|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8052977/Labour-leader-looks-to-outsiders-for-deputy|access-date=14 May 2018|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=8 December 2012|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mulgan |first1=R. G. |last2=Aimer |first2=Peter |title=Politics in New Zealand |date=2004 |publisher=Auckland University Press |location=Auckland, N.Z. |isbn=1869403185 |page=79 |edition=3rd}}</ref> [[Winston Peters]], leader of [[New Zealand First]], has been deputy prime minister since 27 November 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tough choice means Deputy Prime Minister role is shared - between Peters and Seymour |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/503154/tough-choice-means-deputy-prime-minister-role-is-shared-between-peters-and-seymour |access-date=26 November 2023 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=24 November 2023 |language=en-nz}}</ref>