Cabinet Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga says he will quit politics at the next election.
The Local Government Minister and MP for Maungakiekie said this morning he was leaving Parliament "for a variety of reasons".
"It's been an absolute honour and a privilege to serve the people of Maungakiekie and to be part of the John Key and National-led Government," he said.
"I am in my 10th year of politics, both local and national and have enjoyed it immensely.
"However, I have decided, for a variety of reasons that I should step down from politics at the next election. I will be exploring new opportunities and I am also looking forward to spending more time with my wife and my young children.
"I've been thinking about this for a few months now and made the decision not to seek re-election earlier this month."
Lotu-Iiga entered Parliament in 2008, and was previously a councillor in the old Auckland City Council.
He said he would stay on as the MP for Maungakiekie until the general election. But he will give up his ministerial portfolios - local government, associate health, ethnic affairs, and Pacific peoples - when a new Cabinet was sworn in.
Prime Minister Bill English is expected to announced a reshuffle of the National caucus this week.
