Minister for Racing (New Zealand)

Minister of Racing
Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Winston Peters since 26 October 2017
New Zealand Racing Board Totalisator Agency Board
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	2 November 1990
First holder	John Falloon
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Racing is a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility who is charged with the regulation of the racing industry and betting services. The minister is also responsible for the New Zealand Racing Board, Racing Industry Transition Agency and Totalisator Agency Board (TAB).

The present Minister is Winston Peters, a member of the New Zealand First party.

List of Racing Ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Racing.

Key

  Labour   National   NZ First   Mauri Pacific

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	1	John Falloon		2 November 1990	8 November 1996	width=1 rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Bolger
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	2	Denis Marshall		8 November 1996	16 December 1996
height=15 style="background:Template:New Zealand First/meta/color"|	3	Tau Henare		16 December 1996	31 August 1998
height=15 style="background:Template:Mauri Pacific/meta/color"|						rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Shipley
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	4	Clem Simich		31 August 1998	10 December 1999
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	5	Annette King		10 December 1999	15 August 2002	rowspan=4 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Clark
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	6	Mark Gosche		15 August 2002	12 May 2003
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	7	Damien O'Connor		12 May 2003	19 October 2005
style="background:Template:New Zealand First/meta/color"|	8	Winston Peters		19 October 2005	19 November 2008
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	9	John Carter		19 November 2008	8 June 2011	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Key
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	10	Craig Foss		8 June 2011	13 December 2011
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	11	Nathan Guy		13 December 2011	2 May 2017
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|						rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	English
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	12	David Bennett		2 May 2017	26 October 2017
style="background:Template:New Zealand First/meta/color"|	(8)	Winston Peters		26 October 2017	Incumbent	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Ardern

See also

• New Zealand Racing Board
• Totalisator Agency Board

References

• Temple, Philip (1994). Temple’s Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: McIndoe Publishers. ISBN 0 86868 159 8.
• Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1-877133-00-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)