Minister of Fisheries (New Zealand)
The Minister of Fisheries in New Zealand is a current cabinet member appointed by the Prime Minister to be responsible for New Zealand's aquaculture and fishing industries and to oversee the Ministry of Fisheries. Similar duties were performed previously by the Minister of Marine.
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| Ministry of Fisheries | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 8 March 1977 |
| First holder | Jim Bolger |
| Salary | $288,900[1] |
| Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The present Minister is Stuart Nash, a member of the Labour Party.[2]
List of ministers
The following ministers held the office of Minister of Fisheries.[3]
- Key
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Bolger |  |
8 March 1977 | 13 December 1978 | Muldoon | ||
| 2 | Duncan MacIntyre | .jpg) |
13 December 1978 | 26 July 1984 | |||
| 3 | Colin Moyle |  |
26 July 1984 | 9 February 1990 | Lange | ||
| Palmer | |||||||
| 4 | Ken Shirley |  |
9 February 1990 | 2 November 1990 | |||
| Moore | |||||||
| 5 | Doug Kidd | .jpg) |
2 November 1990 | 16 December 1996 | Bolger | ||
| 6 | John Luxton | .jpg) |
16 December 1996 | 10 December 1999 | |||
| Shipley | |||||||
| 7 | Pete Hodgson |  |
10 December 1999 | 26 February 2004 | Clark | ||
| 8 | David Benson-Pope |  |
26 February 2004 | 19 October 2005 | |||
| 9 | Jim Anderton | .jpg) |
19 October 2005 | 19 November 2008 | |||
| 10 | Phil Heatley | .jpg) |
19 November 2008 | 14 December 2011 | Key | ||
| 2011-2017: No separate appointments | |||||||
| 11 | Stuart Nash |  |
26 October 2017 | present | Ardern | ||
Notes
- "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- Wilson 1985, pp. 94–98.
References
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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