Jacinda Ardern has been officially sworn in as New Zealand prime minister, promising a government that will be strong, empathic and inclusive.
The 37-year-old Ardern will govern in a coalition with the populist New Zealand First party and the support of the Green Party. The centre-left bloc holds 63 of parliament's 120 seats.
Arriving back at parliament on Thursday after being sworn-in by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy, Ms Ardern was confronted by a crowd of around 1000 cheering and chanting her name.
Standing alongside her new cabinet, Ms Ardern told the crowd she knew not everyone voted for her government but it would represent them anyway.
"We will be an active government, we will be a strong government, we will be an empathetic government, we will be a government that works together," she said.
Labour's cabinet will meet for the first time on Thursday afternoon and again on Tuesday, after which the updated version of their 100 day plan will be revealed.
It will include legislation to ban foreign buyers purchasing existing housing in NZ and legislation to allow one free year of tertiary education starting next year, the first step in Labour's larger plan for three years free.
"Some of our 100 day commitments we really need to act quickly on if we are to get the legislation through in time," she told reporters.
A focus in coming days will be the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is expected to feature heavily in Ms Ardern's meetings when she attends the APEC summit in Vietnam next month.
"For us a priority regardless of whether it's TPP or any other agreement is making sure we have the ability to ban foreign buyers from buying existing homes in New Zealand," she said.
The previous National government backed moving quickly on the new TPP-11 agreement and had strong support from re-elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
