Minister of Forestry (New Zealand)

The Minister of Forestry is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The portfolio was created in 1893 as Commissioner of Forests, being renamed Commissioner of State Forests in 1922 before finally having the title altered from Commissioner to Minister in 1949.

Minister of Forestry of New Zealand
Incumbent
Todd McClay
since 27 November 2023
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation1 May 1893
First holderJohn McKenzie
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The present Minister is Todd McClay.[2]

List of ministers

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The following ministers held the office of Minister of Forestry.[3]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National   Progressive   NZ First

No. Name Portrait Term of office Prime Minister
1 John McKenzie   1 May 1893 27 June 1900 Seddon
2 Thomas Young Duncan   2 July 1900 21 June 1906
No separate appointments
3 Thomas Mackenzie   6 January 1909 10 July 1912 Ward
Mackenzie
4 Francis Bell   10 July 1912 21 February 1922 Massey
5 Heaton Rhodes   21 February 1922 18 January 1926
Bell
Coates
6 Oswald Hawken   18 January 1926 26 November 1928
7 Kenneth Williams   28 November 1928 10 December 1928
8 William Taverner   19 December 1928 28 May 1930 Ward
9 Alfred Ransom   28 May 1930 6 December 1935 Forbes
10 Frank Langstone   6 December 1935 21 December 1942 Savage
Fraser
11 Jim Barclay   7 July 1943 18 October 1943
12 Jerry Skinner   12 April 1944 13 December 1949
13 Ernest Corbett   13 December 1949 26 November 1954 Holland
14 Sid Smith   26 November 1954 26 September 1957
Holyoake
15 Geoff Gerard   26 September 1957 12 December 1957
16 Eruera Tirikatene   12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
(15) Geoff Gerard   12 December 1960 12 December 1966 Holyoake
17 Duncan MacIntyre   12 December 1966 8 December 1972
Marshall
18 Colin Moyle   8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
19 Venn Young   12 December 1975 11 December 1981 Muldoon
20 Jonathan Elworthy   11 December 1981 26 July 1984
21 Koro Wētere   26 July 1984 24 July 1987 Lange
22 Peter Tapsell   24 July 1987 9 February 1990
Palmer
23 Jim Sutton   9 February 1990 2 November 1990
Moore
24 John Falloon   2 November 1990 16 December 1996 Bolger
25 Lockwood Smith   16 December 1996 31 August 1998
Shipley
26 John Luxton   31 August 1998 10 December 1999
27 Pete Hodgson   10 December 1999 15 August 2002 Clark
(23) Jim Sutton   15 August 2002 21 December 2004
28 Jim Anderton   21 December 2004 19 November 2008
29 David Carter   19 November 2008 14 December 2011 Key
2011–2017: No separate appointments
30 Shane Jones   26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
31 Stuart Nash   6 November 2020 28 March 2023
Hipkins
Megan Woods   28 March 2023 12 April 2023
32 Peeni Henare   12 April 2023 27 November 2023
33 Todd McClay   27 November 2023 present Luxon

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 72–98.

References

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  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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