Minister of Local Government (New Zealand)

Minister of Local Government of New Zealand
Coat of Arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Hon Nanaia Mahuta since 26 October 2017
Local Government Commission
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	9 February 1972
First holder	Allan Highet
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Local Government is a ministerial portfolio in the government of New Zealand with responsibility over the Local Government Commission. The role was established in 1972, prior to which, local government had been within the purview of the Minister of Internal Affairs.

The current minister is Nanaia Mahuta.

List of Ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Local Government.

Key

  Labour   National   Mauri Pacific   Alliance   ACT

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	1	Allan Highet		9 February 1972	8 December 1972	width=1 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Marshall
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	2	Henry May		25 November 1972	29 November 1975	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Kirk
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						Rowling
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	(1)	Allan Highet		29 November 1975	26 July 1984	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Muldoon
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	3	Michael Bassett		26 July 1984	9 February 1990	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	Lange
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color;"|	Palmer
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	4	Philip Woollaston		9 February 1990	2 November 1990	height=15 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"|	5	Warren Cooper		2 November 1990	2 March 1994	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Bolger
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	5	John Banks		2 March 1994	16 December 1996
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	6	Christine Fletcher		16 December 1996	12 September 1997
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	7	Maurice Williamson		12 September 1997	31 August 1998
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	8	Tony Ryall		31 August 1998	9 August 1999	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Shipley
style="background:Template:Mauri Pacific/meta/color"|	9	Jack Elder		9 August 1999	10 December 1999
style="background:Template:Alliance (New Zealand political party)/meta/color"|	10	Sandra Lee		10 December 1999	15 August 2002	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Clark
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	11	Chris Carter		15 August 2002	19 October 2005
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	12	Nanaia Mahuta		19 October 2005	24 November 2008
style="background:Template:ACT New Zealand/meta/color"|	13	Rodney Hide		24 November 2008	14 December 2011	rowspan=5 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Key
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	14	Nick Smith		14 December 2011	3 August 2012
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	15	David Carter		3 August 2012	31 January 2013
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	16	Chris Tremain		31 January 2013	28 January 2014
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	17	Paula Bennett		28 January 2014	20 December 2016
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	18	Anne Tolley		20 December 2016	26 October 2017	style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	English
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	(12)	Nanaia Mahuta		26 October 2017	present	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Ardern

See also

• Minister of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)

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)