Minister for Energy (New Zealand)

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Minister for Energy of New Zealand
Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
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WATTS, Simon - North Shore (cropped).png
Incumbent
Simon Watts
since 24 January 2025
New Zealand Electricity Authority
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
Style The Honourable
Member of Executive Council
Reports to Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation8 December 1972
First holder Warren Freer
Salary$288,900 [1]
Website www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Energy is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the New Zealand Electricity Authority and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. The current Minister is Simon Watts.

Contents

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Energy and Resources. [2]

Key

   Labour    National

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
As Minister of Energy and Resources
1 Warren Freer Warren Freer, 1972 (crop).jpg 8 December 197212 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
2 Eric Holland Eric Holland crop.jpg 12 December 19758 March 1977 Muldoon
3 George Gair George Gair.jpg 8 March 197713 December 1978
4 Bill Birch Bill Birch.jpg 13 December 197826 July 1984
5 Bob Tizard Bob Tizard, 1968.jpg 26 July 198416 September 1987 Lange
6 David Butcher No image.png 16 September 19872 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
7 John Luxton John Luxton (cropped).jpg 2 November 19902 March 1994 Bolger
8 Doug Kidd Doug Kidd 2014 (cropped).jpg 2 March 199416 December 1996
9 Max Bradford Max Bradford.jpg 16 December 199610 December 1999
Shipley
10 Pete Hodgson Pete Hodgson XMediaLab 2008.jpg 10 December 199921 December 2004 Clark
11 Trevor Mallard Trevor Mallard 2 (cropped).jpg 21 December 200419 October 2005
12 David Parker David Parker NZ.jpg 19 October 200521 March 2006
(11) Trevor Mallard
Acting Minister
Trevor Mallard 2 (cropped).jpg 21 March 20063 May 2006
(12) David Parker David Parker NZ.jpg 3 May 200619 November 2008
13 Gerry Brownlee Gerry Brownlee 2014-11-24.jpg 19 November 200814 December 2011 Key
14 Phil Heatley Phil Heatley (cropped).jpg 14 December 201129 January 2013
15 Simon Bridges Simon Bridges 2010 (cropped).jpg 29 January 201320 December 2016
16 Judith Collins The Honourable Judith Collins MP.jpg 20 December 201626 October 2017 English
17 Megan Woods Hon Dr Megan Woods.jpg 26 October 201727 November 2023 Ardern
Hipkins
As Minister for Energy
18 Simeon Brown Simeon Brown (cropped).png 27 November 202324 January 2025 Luxon
19 Simon Watts WATTS, Simon - North Shore (cropped).png 24 January 2025present

See also

Notes

  1. "Radware Page" (PDF). www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. Wilson 1985, pp. 92–97.

References