Minister of Statistics (New Zealand)

Last updated

Minister of Statistics
Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
Flag of New Zealand.svg
Shane Reti (cropped).png
Incumbent
Shane Reti
since 24 January 2025
Statistics New Zealand
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
FormationFebruary 1922
First holder William Downie Stewart Jr
as Minister in charge of the Department of Statistics
Salary$288,900 [1]
Website www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Statistics is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be charged with the responsibility of Statistics New Zealand.

Contents

The current minister is Shane Reti.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Statistics. [2]

Key

   Reform    United    Labour    National    Alliance    Green

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1 William Downie Stewart Jr William Downie Stewart.jpg February 192227 June 1923 Massey
2 Richard Bollard R. F. Bollard MP.jpg 27 June 192325 August 1927
Bell
Coates
3 Māui Pōmare Maui Pomare.jpg 25 August 192710 December 1928
4 Philip De La Perrelle Philip De La Perrelle.jpg 10 December 192822 September 1931 Ward
Forbes
5 Adam Hamilton Adam Hamilton (1926).jpg 22 September 19316 December 1935
6 Walter Nash Walter Nash (young adult).jpg 6 December 193511 October 1936 Savage
- Dan Sullivan
Acting Minister
Daniel Giles Sullivan (1941).jpg 11 October 193616 August 1937
(6) Walter Nash Walter Nash (young adult).jpg 16 August 193713 December 1949
Fraser
7 Jack Marshall Jack Marshall 1951.jpg 13 December 194926 November 1954 Holland
8 Jack Watts Jack Watts.jpg 26 November 195412 December 1957
Holyoake
(6) Walter Nash Walter Nash (ca 1940s).jpg 12 December 195712 December 1960 Nash
9 Harry Lake Harry Lake.jpg 12 December 196021 February 1967 Holyoake
10 Robert Muldoon Muldoon 26 June 1969.jpg 4 March 19678 December 1972
Marshall
11 Bill Rowling Bill Rowling, 1974 (crop).jpg 8 December 197210 September 1974 Kirk
12 Mick Connelly Mick Connelly MP.jpg 10 September 197412 December 1975 Rowling
13 Peter Wilkinson No image.png 12 December 19758 March 1977 Muldoon
14 Hugh Templeton Hugh Templeton.jpg 8 March 197711 December 1981
15 John Falloon No image.png 11 December 198126 July 1984
16 Bob Tizard Bob Tizard, 1968.jpg 26 July 198424 August 1987 Lange
17 Margaret Shields Margaret Shields DCNZM (cropped).jpg 24 August 19872 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
18 Rob Storey No image.png 2 November 19901 July 1993 Bolger
19 Maurice Williamson Maurice Williamson at the NZ Open Source Awards, 2007.jpg 1 July 199310 December 1999
Shipley
20 Paul Swain Paul Swain (cropped).jpg 10 December 199913 November 2000 Clark
21 Laila Harré Laila Harre, 2009 crop.jpg 13 November 200015 August 2002
22 John Tamihere John Tamihere May 2023 Green Left (cropped).png 15 August 200215 October 2004
- Michael Cullen
Acting Minister
Michael Cullen, 2008.jpg 15 October 200421 December 2004
23 Pete Hodgson Pete Hodgson XMediaLab 2008.jpg 21 December 200419 October 2005
24 Clayton Cosgrove Clayton Cosgrove crop.jpg 19 October 20055 November 2007
25 Darren Hughes Darren Hughes.jpg 5 November 200719 November 2008
(19) Maurice Williamson Maurice Williamson at the NZ Open Source Awards, 2007.jpg 19 November 20081 May 2014 Key
26 Nicky Wagner Matai Street East opening 002.JPG 7 May 20148 October 2014
27 Craig Foss 16 October 201420 December 2016
28 Mark Mitchell Mark Mitchell 2017.jpg 20 December 20162 May 2017 English
29 Scott Simpson Scott Simpson swearing in (cropped).jpg 2 May 201726 October 2017
30 James Shaw James Shaw, 2014 (cropped).jpg 26 October 20176 November 2020 Ardern
31 David Clark Hon Dr David Clark.jpg 6 November 20201 February 2023
Hipkins
32 Deborah Russell Dr Deborah Russell.jpg 1 February 202327 November 2023
33 Andrew Bayly Andrew Bayly (cropped).png 27 November 202324 January 2025 Luxon
34 Shane Reti Shane Reti (cropped).png 24 January 2025present

Notes

  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. Wilson 1985, pp. 93–97, 131–2.

References