Minister of Forestry (New Zealand)

Minister of Forestry of New Zealand
Minister of Forestry of New Zealand
	Coat of Arms of New Zealand
	Flag of New Zealand
	Incumbent; Todd McClay; since 27 November 2023
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	1 May 1893
First holder	John McKenzie
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Forestry is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The portfolio was created in 1893 as Commissioner of Forests, being renamed Commissioner of State Forests in 1922 before finally having the title altered from Commissioner to Minister in 1949.

The present Minister is Todd McClay.^[2]

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Forestry.^[3]

Key

Liberal Reform United Labour National Progressive NZ First

No.		Name	Term of office
	1	John McKenzie	1 May 1893	27 June 1900	Seddon
	2	Thomas Young Duncan	2 July 1900	21 June 1906	Seddon
No separate appointments
	3	Thomas Mackenzie	6 January 1909	10 July 1912	Ward
	3	Thomas Mackenzie	6 January 1909	10 July 1912	Mackenzie
	4	Francis Bell	10 July 1912	21 February 1922	Massey
	5	Heaton Rhodes	21 February 1922	18 January 1926	Massey
					Bell
					Coates
	6	Oswald Hawken	18 January 1926	26 November 1928
	7	Kenneth Williams	28 November 1928	10 December 1928
	8	William Taverner	19 December 1928	28 May 1930	Ward
	9	Alfred Ransom	28 May 1930	6 December 1935	Forbes
	10	Frank Langstone	6 December 1935	21 December 1942	Savage
	10	Frank Langstone	6 December 1935	21 December 1942	Fraser
	11	Jim Barclay	7 July 1943	18 October 1943
	12	Jerry Skinner	12 April 1944	13 December 1949
	13	Ernest Corbett	13 December 1949	26 November 1954	Holland
	14	Sid Smith	26 November 1954	26 September 1957	Holland
	14	Sid Smith	26 November 1954	26 September 1957	Holyoake
	15	Geoff Gerard	26 September 1957	12 December 1957	Holyoake
	16	Eruera Tirikatene	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	Nash
	(15)	Geoff Gerard	12 December 1960	12 December 1966	Holyoake
	17	Duncan MacIntyre	12 December 1966	8 December 1972	Holyoake
	17	Duncan MacIntyre	12 December 1966	8 December 1972	Marshall
	18	Colin Moyle	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Kirk
	18	Colin Moyle	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Rowling
	19	Venn Young	12 December 1975	11 December 1981	Muldoon
	20	Jonathan Elworthy	11 December 1981	26 July 1984	Muldoon
	21	Koro Wētere	26 July 1984	24 July 1987	Lange
	22	Peter Tapsell	24 July 1987	9 February 1990	Lange
	22	Peter Tapsell	24 July 1987	9 February 1990	Palmer
	23	Jim Sutton	9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Palmer
	23	Jim Sutton	9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Moore
	24	John Falloon	2 November 1990	16 December 1996	Bolger
	25	Lockwood Smith	16 December 1996	31 August 1998	Bolger
	25	Lockwood Smith	16 December 1996	31 August 1998	Shipley
	26	John Luxton	31 August 1998	10 December 1999	Shipley
	27	Pete Hodgson	10 December 1999	15 August 2002	Clark
	(23)	Jim Sutton	15 August 2002	21 December 2004
	28	Jim Anderton	21 December 2004	19 November 2008
	29	David Carter	19 November 2008	14 December 2011	Key
2011–2017: No separate appointments
	30	Shane Jones	26 October 2017	6 November 2020	Ardern
	31	Stuart Nash	6 November 2020	28 March 2023	Ardern
	31	Stuart Nash	6 November 2020	28 March 2023	Hipkins
	–	Megan Woods	28 March 2023	12 April 2023
	32	Peeni Henare	12 April 2023	27 November 2023
	33	Todd McClay	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. 72–98.

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.

External links

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

[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.

[FOOTNOTEWilson198572–98-3] Wilson 1985, pp. 72–98.

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