28 Jan 2021

New MPs: Dr Ayesha Verrall, Labour List MP

From First Up, 5:44 am on 28 January 2021

There was a slew of new members of Parliament after last October's general election, and in 2021 we'd like to introduce you to as many of them as possible.

One of the most talked-about was the infectious diseases expert Dr Ayesha Verrall, who first came to the public's attention when she conducted a very influential audit of the Government's Covid-19 response.

It didn't take long after that for her to be snapped up by the Labour Party, and she now finds herself the Minister of Food Safety and of Seniors, as well as Associate Minister of Health and of Research, Science and Innovation.

Nathan Rarere asked her what's it was like having such whirlwind route into the cabinet.