Minister for Women (New Zealand)

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Minister for Women
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Incumbent
Nicola Grigg
since 27 November 2023
Ministry for Women
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder Ann Hercus
Formation26 July 1984
Salary$288,900 [1]
Website www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Women is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the rights and interests of the country's female citizens. It has been a post in all New Zealand governments since 1984. [2] The Minister leads the Ministry for Women.

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The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government on 26 July 1984 preceding the creation of the ministry. It was split from the Social Welfare portfolio after a recommendation from Advisory Committee on Women's Affairs. [3] Holders of the post were known as the Minister for Women's Affairs until December 2014, with the department known as the Ministry of Women's Affairs. [4] There had been a previous ministerial post from 1949 to 1972 adjunct to the Social Security portfolio titled Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children with a similar brief. [5]

Ministers for Women

The following ministers have held the office:

Key

   Labour    National    Alliance    Green

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children (1949–72) [5]
1 Hilda Ross Hilda Ross, ca 1951.jpg 13 December 194912 December 1957 Holland
Holyoake
2 Mabel Howard Mabel Bowden Howard.jpg 12 December 19572 June 1959 Nash
- Philip Skoglund
Acting Minister		 Philip Skoglund, 1960.jpg 2 June 195925 August 1959
(2) Mabel Howard Mabel Bowden Howard.jpg 25 August 195912 December 1960
3 Norman Shelton Norman Shelton.jpg 12 December 196024 January 1962 Holyoake
4 Don McKay [6] Don McKay.jpg 24 January 19629 February 1972
Minister for Women (1984–present)
1 Ann Hercus [7] Ann Hercus.jpg 26 July 198424 August 1987 Lange
2 Margaret Shields [8] Margaret Shields DCNZM (cropped).jpg 24 August 19872 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
3 Jenny Shipley [9] Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg 2 November 199012 December 1996 Bolger
4 Christine Fletcher [10] No image.png 12 December 199611 September 1997
(3) Jenny Shipley Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg 11 September 199726 August 1998
Shipley
5 Georgina te Heuheu Georgina te Heuheu.jpg 26 August 199810 December 1999
6 Laila Harré Laila Harre 1999 (cropped).jpg 10 December 199915 August 2002 Clark
7 Ruth Dyson Ruth Dyson, 2011.jpg 15 August 200219 October 2005
8 Lianne Dalziel Lianne Dalziel.jpg 19 October 20055 November 2007
9 Stephanie Chadwick Steve Chadwick.jpg 5 November 200719 November 2008
10 Pansy Wong Pansy wong.jpg 19 November 200812 November 2010 Key
(5) Georgina te Heuheu
acting
 Georgina te Heuheu.jpg 12 November 20108 December 2010
11 Hekia Parata Min. of Ed.jpg 8 December 201013 December 2011
12 Jo Goodhew Jo Goodhew.jpg 13 December 20118 October 2014
13 Louise Upston [11] Louise Upston (cropped).png 8 October 201420 December 2016
14 Paula Bennett Paula Bennett Official.png 20 December 201626 October 2017 English
15 Julie Anne Genter Julie Anne Genter MP.jpg 26 October 20176 November 2020 Ardern
16 Jan Tinetti Jan Tinetti.jpg 6 November 202027 November 2023
Hipkins
17 Nicola Grigg GRIGG, Nicola - Selwyn (cropped).png 27 November 2023present Luxon

Notes

  1. ↑ Parliamentary salaries and allowances determination 2016 parliament.nz
  2. ↑ "Minister of Women's Affairs — Ministry of Women's Affairs". mwa.govt.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Senior Woman Takes on Heavy Load". The New Zealand Herald . 31 July 1984. p. 20.
  4. ↑ "Ministry for Women". 1 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 133.
  6. ↑ Parliamentary Debates: House of Representatives. New Zealand Parliament. p. 3532. Retrieved 9 October 2023. The Hon. Don McKay has served for 18 years as a member, and has been Minister of Health, Minister of Social Security, Minister in Charge of the Child Welfare Division, and Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children.
  7. ↑ Wood 1996, p. 66.
  8. ↑ Wood 1996, pp. 68, 73.
  9. ↑ Wood 1996, pp. 77, 80.
  10. ↑ Wood 1996, pp. 78, 81.
  11. ↑ "Ministerial List". DPMC. 14 December 2015.

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