Kiri Allan

Kiritapu Lyndsay Allan (, Māori pronunciation: [ˈkiɾiˌtapʉ]; born 1984) is a New Zealand lawyer and former politician. She was a member of Parliament (MP) in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023, representing the Labour Party in the East Coast electorate. Allan was a junior minister in the second term of Jacinda Ardern's Sixth Labour Government and a senior minister under Ardern's successor, Chris Hipkins. She held the positions of Minister for Emergency Management and Minister of Conservation from November 2020 to June 2022 and was Minister of Justice from June 2022 until July 2023. In June 2023, concerns about how Allan treated her staff were raised. She took time off from her parliamentary duties after a relationship breakup and, on 24 July 2023, resigned from her ministerial roles after she was arrested for careless driving the previous night. In May 2024, Allan pleaded guilty and was convicted of two charges of careless driving and failing to accompany a police officer.