Minister for Pacific Peoples

Minister of Local Government of New Zealand
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Incumbent Hon William Sio since 26 October 2017
Ministry for Pacific Peoples
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 Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	26 July 1984
First holder	Richard Prebble
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Pacific Peoples is a ministerial portfolio in the government of New Zealand with responsibility over the Ministry for Pacific Peoples. The role was established in 1984 as Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, prior to which, Pacific Island affairs had been within the purview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The position was renamed Minister for Pacific Peoples on 22 December 2015.

The current minister is William Sio.

List of Ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Pacific Peoples.

Key

  Labour   National   Te Tawharau

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	1	Richard Prebble	File:Richard Prebble.jpg	1 August 1987	25 August 1988	width=1 rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Lange
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	2	Russell Marshall		6 September 1988	12 December 1989
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						Palmer
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	(1)	Richard Prebble	File:Richard Prebble.jpg	4 February 1990	2 November 1990
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Moore
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	3	Bill Birch		2 November 1990	22 August 1991	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Bolger
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	4	Don McKinnon		24 September 1991	13 August 1998
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|						Shipley
style="background:Template:Te Tawharau/meta/color"|	5	Tuariki Delamere		18 August 1998	10 December 1999
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	6	Mark Gosche		10 December 1999	12 May 2003	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Clark
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	7	Phil Goff		19 May 2003	5 November 2007
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	8	Winnie Laban		5 November 2007	19 November 2008
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	9	Georgina te Heuheu		19 November 2008	14 December 2011	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Key
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	10	Hekia Parata		14 December 2011	27 January 2014
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	11	Sam Lotu-Iiga		28 January 2014	20 December 2016
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	12	Alfred Ngaro		20 December 2016	26 October 2017
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	English
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	13	William Sio		26 October 2017	Incumbent	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Ardern

See also

• Department of Island Territories

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)