The current deputy leader of Labor, Kelvin Davis, is dismissing himself as deputy prime minister.

Deputy Labor Leader Kelvin Davis said he will not seek the post of Deputy Prime Minister, but wants to remain Deputy Leader of Labor.

Davis said the Labor Party has a “very large group” and said his role as MP would be to support the broader group.

She said Jacinda Ardern offered her the post of deputy prime minister before the election.

But Ardern said it was a decision up to him.

Davis did not say who he was rooting for as deputy prime minister and would not go into caucus matters, including who will get what portfolio.

PM on Davis’s decision

Ardern said Davis told him before the election that deputy prime minister was not a position he wanted.

“Kelvin has made this decision, he still has my complete confidence.”

He has the “full support” of Ardern to be the deputy leader of the party.

She said there was no reason why he cannot be deputy prime minister and not deputy prime minister.

“It’s a role he wants to keep.”

She did not want to say who she wants to remain a deputy prime minister.

She said her “whole focus” was on building her team.

“This has been a Kelvin decision,” he said, adding that it is a decision he respects.

On voting, Ardern said that all ministers will be voted this morning.

Anyone can nominate and there will be a vote “if necessary”.

Ardern said he has talks with MPs beforehand, so it’s not a surprise.

“We work through a consensus process.”

Ardern was in front of the media ahead of a caucus vote on which MPs will become ministers in his new cabinet.

That meeting will include a confirmation vote on the party’s leadership.

Ardern and the deputy leader need at least 60 percent support in the confirmation vote; if not, a leadership process is activated.

Ardern will surely win the vote.

Robertson on Deputy Leadership

Finance Minister Grant Robertson told the media he has nothing to say about the deputy leadership.

“We don’t talk about what happens at the caucus.”

Will Hipkins get back to health?

Chris Hipkins said that whether or not he takes over the health portfolio is up to the Prime Minister.

He said that he “would love” to remain a minister; It is a privilege that he said he thoroughly enjoyed.

Former Health Minister David Clark said whether or not he is back in a senior executive position depends on the caucus.

Davis is the current deputy leader of the Labor Party, but so far he has not been willing to comment on whether or not he would like to be the deputy prime minister.

That position was vacated by NZ First leader Winston Peters after his party missed the 5 percent threshold in the election.

That means he is outside the Parliament and Ardern’s cabinet.

Ardern has previously said that the Labor deputy director will take on the role of deputy prime minister.

But, speaking to reporters yesterday, Davis was not drawn to whether he wanted to stay in office and become a deputy prime minister.

Ardern wasn’t revealing anything either. When asked about it, he compared it to a “not very funny pub game”.

“I won’t be entertaining any speculation,” he said.

In addition to the vote of the leaders, the Labor group will also vote on ministerial positions. It is understood that Ardern will take the lead in nominating deputies for various positions.

There are a number of Cabinet vacancies that Ardern must fill.

There are six vacant seats at the cabinet table: those left by New Zealand’s four prime ministers and the vacant seats of former Labor Party ministers Iain Lees-Galloway and Clare Curran.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson is expected to receive infrastructure so that he can oversee the implementation of New Zealand’s $ 12 billion upgrade program and the $ 3 billion fund.

Yesterday, Ardern did not reveal anything about whether Chris Hipkins would stay with Health, Education or both, or continue with parts of both.

Ardern said he wanted to balance expertise and experience with the talent of the caucus.

That could include promotions for, among others, head whip Michael Wood, junior whips Kiri Allen and Kieran McAnulty, and former elementary school principal Jan Tinetti.

The cabinet generally has 20 ministers, and Ardern said the size of the executive would remain largely unchanged.