Minister for Courts

Minister of Courts of New Zealand
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Incumbent Nicole McKee since 27 November 2023
Ministry of Justice
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1 July 1995
First holder	Doug Graham
Salary	$288,900 [1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Courts (or Minister of Courts) is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the support and administration of the courts system. It was split from the Justice portfolio in 1995. ^[2]

List of ministers

Key

   Labour    National    Alliance    ACT

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of office		Prime Minister
	1	Doug Graham		1 July 1995	8 December 1997		Bolger
	2	Wyatt Creech		8 December 1997	31 August 1998		Shipley
	3	Georgina te Heuheu		31 August 1998	10 December 1999
	4	Matt Robson		10 December 1999	15 August 2002		Clark
	5	Margaret Wilson		15 August 2002	19 May 2003
	6	Rick Barker		19 May 2003	19 November 2008
	(3)	Georgina te Heuheu		19 November 2008	14 December 2011		Key
	7	Chester Borrows		14 December 2011	8 October 2014
	8	Amy Adams		8 October 2014	26 October 2017
							English
	9	Andrew Little		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	10	William Sio		6 November 2020	1 February 2023
							Hipkins
	11	Rino Tirikatene		1 February 2023	27 November 2023
	12	Nicole McKee		27 November 2023	present		Luxon

References

1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
2. "Ministerial Portfolio – Courts". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . Retrieved 18 June 2020.