Minister of Tourism (New Zealand)

The Minister of Tourism in New Zealand is the cabinet member appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of Tourism New Zealand. The current Minister of Tourism is Stuart Nash.[2]

Minister of Tourism
Incumbent
Hon Stuart Nash

since 6 November 2020
Tourism New Zealand
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation6 August 1906
First holderSir Joseph Ward
as Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

Background

The office was created in 1906 as Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts. In 1935 the post was renamed Minister for Tourist and Publicity before finally becoming Minister of Tourism in 1963. In 1966 it became a full cabinet level portfolio.[3] Historically the Minister of Tourism was the lowest ranking position in cabinet in the 1960s and 1970s, though its prominence has risen in more recent years, with Kelvin Davis being ranked 3rd in cabinet and the deputy leader of the governing Labour Party.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Tourism.[4]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Joseph Ward 6 August 1906 6 January 1909 Ward
2 Thomas Mackenzie 6 January 1909 10 July 1912
Mackenzie
3 Heaton Rhodes 10 July 1912 12 August 1915 Massey
4 Robert McNab 12 August 1915 3 February 1917
5 William MacDonald 17 February 1917 22 August 1919
6 William Nosworthy 4 September 1919 10 December 1928
Bell
Coates
(1) Joseph Ward 10 December 1928 28 May 1930 Ward
7 Philip De La Perrelle 28 May 1930 22 September 1931 Forbes
8 Adam Hamilton 22 September 1931 6 December 1935
9 Frank Langstone 6 December 1935 18 October 1943 Savage
Fraser
10 Bill Parry 18 October 1943 13 December 1949
11 Frederick Doidge 13 December 1949 13 September 1951 Holland
12 William Bodkin 13 September 1951 26 November 1954
13 Eric Halstead 26 November 1954 23 March 1956
14 Dean Eyre 23 March 1956 12 December 1957
Holyoake
15 John Mathison 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
16 Tom Shand 12 December 1960 15 May 1961 Holyoake
(14) Dean Eyre 15 May 1961 12 December 1966
17 Robert Muldoon 15 February 1967 4 March 1967
18 David Thomson 4 March 1967 12 December 1969
19 Bert Walker 12 December 1969 8 December 1972
Marshall
20 Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan 8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
21 Harry Lapwood 12 December 1975 13 December 1978 Muldoon
22 Warren Cooper 13 December 1978 12 February 1981
23 Derek Quigley 12 February 1981 11 December 1981
24 Rob Talbot 11 December 1981 26 July 1984
25 Mike Moore 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange
26 Phil Goff 24 August 1987 10 January 1988
27 Jonathan Hunt 10 January 1988 24 August 1989
28 Fran Wilde 24 August 1989 2 November 1990 Palmer
Moore
29 John Banks 2 November 1990 1 November 1996 Bolger
30 Murray McCully 1 November 1996 27 April 1999
Shipley
31 Lockwood Smith 27 April 1999 10 December 1999
32 Mark Burton 10 December 1999 19 October 2005 Clark
33 Damien O'Connor 19 October 2005 18 November 2008
34 John Key 18 November 2008 12 December 2016 Key
35 Paula Bennett 12 December 2016 26 October 2017 English
36 Kelvin Davis 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
37 Stuart Nash 6 November 2020 present

Notes

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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