Erica Stanford

Erica Stanford is a New Zealand politician currently serving as the Minister of Education and Minister of Immigration in the Sixth National Government. First elected to the House of Representatives for the East Coast Bays electorate in 2017, she previously worked in television production and as a political staffer. As a cabinet minister, she has focused on significant educational reforms, including the implementation of a structured literacy curriculum, a ban on cellphones in schools, and the restructuring of school property management. Her tenure has been marked by ambitious policy shifts aimed at raising academic standards and addressing systemic challenges within the education sector.