Minister for Sport and Recreation
| Minister for Sport and Recreation of New Zealand | |
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| Sport New Zealand | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 8 December 1972 |
| First holder | Joe Walding |
| Salary | $288,900[1] |
| Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The Minister for Sport and Recreation is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Sport New Zealand. The current Minister for Sport and Recreation is Chris Bishop.[2]
List of ministers
[edit]The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Sport and Recreation.[3]
- Key
| 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 | .jpg) | 26 July 1984 | 24 July 1987 | Lange | ||
| 4 | Peter Tapsell | .jpg) | 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 | .jpg) | 16 December 1996 | 10 December 1999 | |||
| Shipley | |||||||
| 8 | Trevor Mallard | .jpg) | 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 | .jpg) | 26 October 2017 | 27 November 2023 | Ardern | ||
| Hipkins | |||||||
| 12 | Chris Bishop | | 27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 92–97.
References
[edit]- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
