Prime Minister Chris Luxon has pulled no punches in his first Cabinet reshuffle during his tenure

Media Minister Melissa Lee and Disabilities Minister Penny Simmonds have both been dropped from their portfolios, after a string of controversies surrounding them.

Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls says Luxon has acted on the number one rule in politics to remove all distractions.

But he says he has a bit more sympathy for Lee, where the Government was hamstrung on what they could do amid the media's woes.

Walls says the problem with Lee was her bedside manner on the job losses, which came a distraction for Luxon.