Minister for Sport and Recreation

The Minister for Sport and Recreation in New Zealand is the cabinet member appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Sport New Zealand. The current Minister for Sport and Recreation is Grant Robertson.[2]

Incumbent
Grant Robertson
since 26 October 2017
Sport New Zealand
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation8 December 1972
First holderJoe Walding
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Sport and Recreation.[3]

Key

  Labour   National

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Joe Walding 8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
2 Allan Highet 12 December 1975 26 July 1984 Muldoon
3 Mike Moore 26 July 1984 24 July 1987 Lange
4 Peter Tapsell 24 July 1987 10 July 1990
Palmer
5 Noel Scott 10 July 1990 2 November 1990
Moore
6 John Banks 2 November 1990 16 December 1996 Bolger
7 Murray McCully 16 December 1996 10 December 1999
Shipley
8 Trevor Mallard 10 December 1999 31 October 2007 Clark
9 Clayton Cosgrove 31 October 2007 19 November 2008
(7) Murray McCully 19 November 2008 6 October 2014 Key
10 Jonathan Coleman 6 October 2014 26 October 2017
English
11 Grant Robertson 26 October 2017 present Ardern

Notes
  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. Wilson 1985, pp. 92–97.

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.
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