Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

The Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media is a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility for Television New Zealand and Radio New Zealand. The current Minister is Kris Faafoi, member of the Labour Party.

Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media of New Zealand
Incumbent
Kris Faafoi
since 7 September 2018
Television New Zealand
Radio New Zealand
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation1 July 1936
(as Minister of Broadcasting)
First holderMichael Joseph Savage
Salary$288,900[1]
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History

In 1936 the First Labour Government decided that broadcasting would be run by the state. As a result a government minister in charge of Broadcasting was appointed and new legislation (the Broadcasting Act 1936) was passed that abolished the existing New Zealand Broadcasting Board and established the new National Broadcasting Service in its place. A Director of Broadcasting was appointed and a Broadcasting Advisory Council formed as a result of the act to advise the minister.[2][3] The Labour Party had specifically sought to broadcast parliamentary debates via radio as a means of allowing the public to listen and make their own judgment of events, rather than relying solely on the press, whom Labour were distrustful of.[4]

Later the minister oversaw the introduction of television into New Zealand and became responsible for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC).[5]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Broadcasting.[6]

Key

  Labour   National

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
As Minister of Broadcasting
1 Michael Joseph Savage 1 July 1936 27 March 1940 Savage
2 Peter Fraser 27 March 1940 21 January 1941 Fraser
3 David Wilson 21 January 1941 8 April 1944
4 Fred Jones 8 April 1944 13 December 1949
5 Frederick Doidge 13 December 1949 19 September 1951 Holland
6 Ronald Algie 19 September 1951 12 December 1957
Holyoake
7 Ray Boord 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
8 Arthur Kinsella 12 December 1960 20 December 1963 Holyoake
9 Jack Scott 20 December 1963 15 February 1967
10 Lance Adams-Schneider 15 February 1967 22 December 1969
11 Bert Walker 22 December 1969 8 December 1972
Marshall
12 Roger Douglas 8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
13 Hugh Templeton 12 December 1975 12 February 1981 Muldoon
14 Warren Cooper 12 February 1981 11 December 1981
15 Ian Shearer 11 December 1981 26 July 1984
16 Jonathan Hunt 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange
17 Richard Prebble 24 August 1987 4 November 1988
18 David Lange 4 November 1988 8 November 1988
(16) Jonathan Hunt 8 November 1988 2 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
19 Maurice Williamson 2 November 1990 10 December 1999 Bolger
Shipley
20 Marian Hobbs 10 December 1999 23 February 2001 Clark
- Steve Maharey
acting minister		 23 February 2001 27 March 2001
(20) Marian Hobbs 27 March 2001 15 August 2002
21 David Cunliffe 15 August 2002 19 November 2008
22 Steven Joyce 19 November 2008 14 December 2011 Key
23 Amy Adams 14 December 2011 20 December 2016
24 Simon Bridges 20 December 2016 26 October 2017 English
As Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
25 Clare Curran 26 October 2017 7 September 2018 Ardern
26 Kris Faafoi 7 September 2018 Incumbent
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See also

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Notes
  1. https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf
  2. "Control by Minister". The Evening Post. CXXI (135). 9 June 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. "Broadcasting Portfolio". Nelson Evening Mail. LXX. 1 July 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: A biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Methuen. pp. 193–4. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. "Television in New Zealand; TV emerges in New Zealand". NZ History online. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97.
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