Minister of Conservation (New Zealand)

Minister of Conservation of New Zealand
Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Eugenie Sage since 26 October 2017
Department of Conservation
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1 April 1987
First holder	Russell Marshall
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Conservation is a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility for the Department of Conservation. The current Minister is Eugenie Sage, member of the Green Party.

The Loder Cup awarded for conservation is presented by the minister.

List of Ministers

Key

  Labour   National   Alliance   Green

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	1	Russell Marshall		1 April 1987	24 August 1987	width=1 rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Lange
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	2	Helen Clark		24 August 1987	30 January 1989
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	3	Philip Woollaston		30 January 1989	2 November 1990	height=36 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						Palmer
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						Moore
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	4	Denis Marshall		2 November 1990	30 May 1996	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Bolger
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	5	Simon Upton		30 May 1996	16 December 1996
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	6	Nick Smith		16 December 1996	10 December 1999
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Shipley
style="background:Template:Alliance (New Zealand political party)/meta/color"|	7	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"|	8	Chris Carter		15 August 2002	31 October 2007
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	9	Steve Chadwick		31 October 2007	19 November 2008
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	10	Tim Groser		19 November 2008	27 January 2010	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Key
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	11	Kate Wilkinson		27 January 2010	22 January 2013
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	(6)	Nick Smith		22 January 2013	8 October 2014
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	12	Maggie Barry		8 October 2014	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:Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand/meta/color"|	13	Eugenie Sage		26 October 2017	present	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Ardern

See also

• Conservation in New Zealand

External links

• The Beehive - Minister of Conservation portfolio