Andrew Kirton was a speechwriter for Helen Clark, was Labour’s general secretary and 2017 campaign manager, and worked with Christopher Luxon at Air New Zealand.
In 2023 he was Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and is now director of corporate affairs firm Richmond Bartley. He is married to a current Labour MP.
Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government, a National Party member and currently volunteering for the party's deputy leader, Nicola Willis.
