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Minister of Local Government (New Zealand)

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Minister of Local Government of New Zealand
Incumbent
Simeon Brown
since 27 November 2023
Local Government Commission
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation9 February 1972
First holderAllan Highet
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Local Government is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for supporting and overseeing New Zealand's local government system.

The current minister is Simeon Brown.

History

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The position also has a role supporting the relationship between central government and local government, oversight of the Local Government Commission, and acts as the territorial authority for the 11 islands that are not part of a local authority's district and as the harbour authority for Lake Taupō.

The portfolio was established in 1972, prior to which, local government had been within the purview of the Minister of Internal Affairs. Notwithstanding the separation of those responsibilities, the offices of Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Local Government were held by the same person for the first twelve years that a separate local government portfolio existed. The Minister of Local Government is still supported by the Department of Internal Affairs.

List of ministers

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The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Local Government.[2]

Key

  Labour   National   Mauri Pacific   Alliance   ACT

No. Name Portrait Term of office Prime Minister
1 Allan Highet 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall
2 Henry May 25 November 1972 29 November 1975 Kirk
Rowling
(1) Allan Highet 29 November 1975 26 July 1984 Muldoon
3 Michael Bassett 26 July 1984 9 February 1990 Lange
Palmer
4 Philip Woollaston 9 February 1990 2 November 1990
Moore
5 Warren Cooper 2 November 1990 2 March 1994 Bolger
5 John Banks 2 March 1994 16 December 1996
6 Christine Fletcher 16 December 1996 12 September 1997
7 Maurice Williamson 12 September 1997 31 August 1998
8 Tony Ryall 31 August 1998 9 August 1999
Shipley
9 Jack Elder 9 August 1999 10 December 1999
10 Sandra Lee 10 December 1999 15 August 2002 Clark
11 Chris Carter 15 August 2002 19 October 2005
12 Mark Burton 19 October 2005 5 November 2007
13 Nanaia Mahuta 5 November 2007 19 November 2008
14 Rodney Hide 19 November 2008 14 December 2011 Key
15 Nick Smith 14 December 2011 3 August 2012
16 David Carter 3 August 2012 31 January 2013
17 Chris Tremain 31 January 2013 28 January 2014
18 Paula Bennett 28 January 2014 14 December 2015
19 Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga 14 December 2015 20 December 2016
20 Anne Tolley 20 December 2016 26 October 2017 English
(13) Nanaia Mahuta 26 October 2017 1 February 2023 Ardern
Hipkins
21 Kieran McAnulty 1 February 2023 27 November 2023
22 Simeon Brown 27 November 2023 present Luxon

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 92–98.

References

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  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.