Lianne Audrey Dalziel [IPA: diɛl] (In New Zealand, the "z" in her surname is not a silent letter) (born 7 June 1960) is a member of the New Zealand Parliament and was Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister of Food Safety and Associate Minister of Justice in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand. She resigned from Cabinet on 20 February 2004 after apparently lying about a leak of documents to the media, but was reinstated as a Minister f...
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Lianne Audrey Dalziel [IPA: diɛl] (In New Zealand, the "z" in her surname is not a silent letter) (born 7 June 1960) is a member of the New Zealand Parliament and was Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister of Food Safety and Associate Minister of Justice in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand. She resigned from Cabinet on 20 February 2004 after apparently lying about a leak of documents to the media, but was reinstated as a Minister following Labour's return to office after the 2005 elections.
Dalziel was raised in Christchurch, and attended Canterbury University . She graduated with a law degree and was admitted to the Bar. She served as the legal officer for the Canterbury Hotel and Hospital Workers' Union, and later became the union's Secretary. She also participated in national groups such as the Federation of Labour and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.
Dalziel entered Parliament as a Labour Party MP for Christchurch Central in 1990, replacing outgoing former...
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