Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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Incumbent
Scott Simpson
since 24 February 2025
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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
Formation24 August 1987
First holder David Butcher
Salary$288,900 [1]
Website www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is a minister in the New Zealand Government with the responsibilities including corporate law and governance, financial markets, competition policy, consumer policy, protecting intellectual property, and trade policy and international regulatory cooperation, most of which is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The position was established as Minister of Commerce in 1987 and superseded the previous office of Minister of Trade and Industry.

Contents

Starting from October 2014, the position was combined with the now-disestablished Minister of Consumer Affairs.

The present Minister is Scott Simpson. [2]

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. [3]

Key

   National    Labour

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
As Minister of Commerce
1 David Butcher No image.png 24 August 19872 November 1990 Lange
Palmer
Moore
2 Philip Burdon Philip Burdon.jpg 2 November 19901 March 1996 Bolger
3 John Luxton John Luxton (cropped).jpg 1 March 199631 August 1998
Shipley
4 Max Bradford Max Bradford.jpg 31 August 199810 December 1999
5 Paul Swain Paul Swain (cropped).jpg 10 December 199915 August 2002 Clark
6 Lianne Dalziel Lianne Dalziel.jpg 15 August 200221 February 2004
7 Margaret Wilson Margaret Wilson crop.jpg 21 February 200421 December 2004
8 Pete Hodgson Pete Hodgson XMediaLab 2008.jpg 21 December 200419 October 2005
(6) Lianne Dalziel Lianne Dalziel.jpg 19 October 200519 November 2008
9 Simon Power Simon Power (cropped).jpg 19 November 200812 December 2011 Key
10 Craig Foss 12 December 20118 October 2014
As Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
11 Paul Goldsmith Paul Goldsmith.jpg 8 October 201420 December 2016 Key
English
12 Jacqui Dean No image.png 20 December 201626 October 2017
13 Kris Faafoi Hon Kris Faafoi.jpg 26 October 20176 November 2020 Ardern
14 David Clark Hon Dr David Clark.jpg 6 November 20201 February 2023
Hipkins
15 Duncan Webb Dr Duncan Webb.jpg 1 February 202327 November 2023
16 Andrew Bayly Andrew Bayly (cropped).png 27 November 202324 February 2025 Luxon
17 Scott Simpson SIMPSON, Scott - Coromandel (cropped).png 24 February 2025present

Notes

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97.

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