Minister of Tourism (New Zealand)

Minister of Tourism
Minister of Tourism
	Coat of arms of New Zealand
	Flag of New Zealand
	Incumbent; Matt Doocey; since 27 November 2023
	Tourism New Zealand
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	6 August 1906
First holder	Sir Joseph Ward; (as Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts)
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Tourism is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of Tourism New Zealand. The current Minister of Tourism is Matt Doocey.^[2]

Background

The office was created in 1906 as Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts. In 1935 the post was renamed Minister for Tourist and Publicity before finally becoming Minister of Tourism in 1963. In 1966 it became a full cabinet level portfolio.^[3] Historically the Minister of Tourism was the lowest ranking position in cabinet in the 1960s and 1970s, though its prominence has risen in more recent years, with Kelvin Davis being ranked 3rd in cabinet and the deputy leader of the governing Labour Party.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Tourism.^[4]

Key

Liberal Reform United Labour National

No.		Name	Term of Office
As Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts
	1	Joseph Ward	6 August 1906	6 January 1909	Ward
	2	Thomas Mackenzie	6 January 1909	10 July 1912	Ward
	2	Thomas Mackenzie	6 January 1909	10 July 1912	Mackenzie
	3	Heaton Rhodes	10 July 1912	12 August 1915	Massey
	4	Robert McNab	12 August 1915	3 February 1917
	5	William MacDonald	17 February 1917	22 August 1919
	6	William Nosworthy	4 September 1919	10 December 1928
					Bell
					Coates
	(1)	Joseph Ward	10 December 1928	28 May 1930	Ward
	7	Philip De La Perrelle	28 May 1930	22 September 1931	Forbes
	8	Adam Hamilton	22 September 1931	6 December 1935	Forbes
As Minister for Tourist and Publicity
	9	Frank Langstone	6 December 1935	18 October 1943	Savage
	9	Frank Langstone	6 December 1935	18 October 1943	Fraser
	10	Bill Parry	18 October 1943	13 December 1949	Fraser
	11	Frederick Doidge	13 December 1949	13 September 1951	Holland
	12	William Bodkin	13 September 1951	26 November 1954
	13	Eric Halstead	26 November 1954	23 March 1956
	14	Dean Eyre	23 March 1956	12 December 1957
	14	Dean Eyre	23 March 1956	12 December 1957	Holyoake
	15	John Mathison	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	Nash
As Minister of Tourism
	16	Tom Shand	12 December 1960	15 May 1961	Holyoake
	(14)	Dean Eyre	15 May 1961	12 December 1966
	17	Robert Muldoon	15 February 1967	4 March 1967
	18	David Thomson	4 March 1967	12 December 1969
	19	Bert Walker	12 December 1969	8 December 1972
	19	Bert Walker	12 December 1969	8 December 1972	Marshall
	20	Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Kirk
	20	Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Rowling
	21	Harry Lapwood	12 December 1975	13 December 1978	Muldoon
	22	Warren Cooper	13 December 1978	12 February 1981
	23	Derek Quigley	12 February 1981	11 December 1981
	24	Rob Talbot	11 December 1981	26 July 1984
	25	Mike Moore	26 July 1984	24 August 1987	Lange
	26	Phil Goff	24 August 1987	10 January 1988
	27	Jonathan Hunt	10 January 1988	8 August 1989
	28	Fran Wilde	8 August 1989	2 November 1990	Palmer
	28	Fran Wilde	8 August 1989	2 November 1990	Moore
	29	John Banks	2 November 1990	1 November 1996	Bolger
	30	Murray McCully	1 November 1996	27 April 1999	Bolger
	30	Murray McCully	1 November 1996	27 April 1999	Shipley
	31	Lockwood Smith	27 April 1999	10 December 1999	Shipley
	32	Mark Burton	10 December 1999	19 October 2005	Clark
	33	Damien O'Connor	19 October 2005	19 November 2008	Clark
	34	John Key	19 November 2008	12 December 2016	Key
	35	Paula Bennett	12 December 2016	26 October 2017	English
	36	Kelvin Davis	26 October 2017	6 November 2020	Ardern
	37	Stuart Nash	6 November 2020	1 February 2023	Ardern
	37	Stuart Nash	6 November 2020	1 February 2023	Hipkins
	38	Peeni Henare	1 February 2023	27 November 2023	Hipkins
As Minister of Tourism and Hospitality
	39	Matt Doocey	27 November 2023	present	Luxon

Notes

^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
^ Wilson 1985, pp. 132.
^ Wilson 1985, pp. 90–97, 132.

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

[1] "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[2] "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[FOOTNOTEWilson1985132-3] Wilson 1985, pp. 132.

[FOOTNOTEWilson198590–97,_132-4] Wilson 1985, pp. 90–97, 132.

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