WELLINGTON - NEW Zealand's Prime Minister-elect John Key unveiled his cabinet Monday, pledging to focus on boosting economic growth amid the global financial crisis.

The multi-millionaire former investment banker has been working frantically to put his government in place so it can start work on dealing with the fallout from the global credit crunch and to allow him to attend a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders later this week.

'This government will concentrate on boosting economic growth because that is what will lead us out of these challenging times,' Mr Key said while announcing the line-up.

'New Zealanders should have confidence that the new government will be ready to embrace the challenges ahead.' There will be 28 ministers in the administration, including 20 National Party ministers in cabinet, and a total of eight ministers outside cabinet, including five from the three allied minor parties.

There were few surprises in the top jobs, with Mr Key's deputy leader Bill English confirmed as finance minister and veteran Murray McCully taking the foreign affairs portfolio.

Party number three Gerry Brownlee will hold the economic development portfolio, Mr Simon Power takes justice, Mr Nick Smith will hold the climate change brief and Mr Tony Ryall will run health.

Ms Judith Collins will be police minister, Ms Anne Tolley is in charge of education, and Ms Paula Bennett will run the social development ministry.

On Sundaym Mr Key announced his National Party minority government had finalised deals with three minor parties, which will give him their support for crucial financial and confidence votes in the parliament in return for ministerial jobs.

Because the ministers from the ACT party, United Future and the Maori Party will not sit in cabinet, they will be free to oppose government policy outside their own portfolios.

The new government will be sworn in on Wednesday, allowing Key to leave on Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru.

Mr Key's speedy negotiation of deals to form a government stands in stark contrast to the last election in 2005, when Ms Clark needed four weeks to put together her minority government after a narrow election win. -- AFP