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Minister of Agriculture (New Zealand)

New Zealand minister of the Crown

Summary

New Zealand minister of the Crown

FieldValue
postMinister of Agriculture
flagFlag of New Zealand.svg
flagcaptionFlag of New Zealand
insignia[[File:Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg120px]]
insigniacaptionCoat of Arms of New Zealand
imageTodd McClay (cropped).png
incumbentTodd McClay
incumbentsince27 November 2023
departmentMinistry for Primary Industries
styleThe Honourable
reports_toPrime Minister of New Zealand
appointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
termlengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
formation17 October 1889
firstGeorge Richardson
salary$288,900
websitewww.beehive.govt.nz
  • Cabinet of New Zealand
  • Executive Council

The Minister of Agriculture is a minister in the New Zealand Government. It was re-created as a standalone portfolio in 2017 after previously existing continuously from 1889 to 1998, and again from 1999 to 2012. The current Minister is Todd McClay.

Responsibilities and powers

The minister's responsibilities include protecting and promoting the productivity, sustainability and export performance of New Zealand's agricultural sector. They are also the lead minister for the Ministry for Primary Industries, which is the government department that provides support to the portfolio. Previously the minister was responsible for smaller departments such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

The minister is responsible for legislation related to the agricultural sector including the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001.

History

John McKenzie established the Department of Agriculture on 31 March 1892, and the first minister, George Richardson, was appointed on 17 October 1889. Prior to Keith Holyoake receiving it in 1949, the portfolio "had become notorious as a political graveyard". The fisheries portfolio was briefly combined in the agriculture portfolio between 1972 and 1977.

In the Shipley minority government, the position was disestablished and replaced with the new role of Minister of Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control, which consolidated ministerial responsibility for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Fisheries, Land Information New Zealand and the New Zealand Customs Service. The change was unpopular with the farming sector and was reverted by the incoming Labour government in 1999.

In the second and third terms of the Fifth National Government, the portfolio was again disestablished and merged into the larger position of Minister for Primary Industries. A standalone agriculture ministerial position was restored in 2017.

List of ministers of agriculture

;Key

No.NamePortraitTerm of officePrime MinisterIndependent politician}}"1New Zealand Liberal Party}}"2New Zealand Liberal Party}}"3New Zealand Liberal Party}}"New Zealand Liberal Party}}"4New Zealand Liberal Party}}"5New Zealand Liberal Party}}"6New Zealand Liberal Party}}"New Zealand Reform Party}}"7New Zealand Liberal Party}}"8New Zealand Reform Party}}"9New Zealand Reform Party}}"10United Party (New Zealand)}}"11United Party (New Zealand)}}"12New Zealand Reform Party}}"13New Zealand Reform Party}}"14New Zealand Labour Party}}"15New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}};"16New Zealand Labour Party}};"17New Zealand Labour Party}};"18New Zealand National Party}}"19New Zealand National Party}}"20New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"21New Zealand National Party}}"22New Zealand National Party}}"23New Zealand National Party}}"24New Zealand National Party}}"25New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"26New Zealand National Party}}"27New Zealand Labour Party}}"(26)New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"28New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand National Party}}"29New Zealand National Party}}"30New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand National Party}}"31New Zealand Labour Party}}"(28)Jim Anderton's Progressive Party}}"32New Zealand National Party}}"33New Zealand Labour Party}}"34New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand National Party}}"35
George Richardson[[File:George Richardson New Zealand politician.jpg75px]]17 October 188924 January 1891Independent politician}}"Atkinson
John McKenzie[[File:John McKenzie 1900.jpg75px]]24 January 189127 June 1900New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Ballance
New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Seddon
Thomas Young Duncan[[File:Thomas Young Duncan.jpg75px]]2 July 19006 August 1906
New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Hall-Jones
Robert McNab[[File:Robert McNab (1908).jpg75px]]6 August 190630 November 1908New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Ward
Joseph Ward[[File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg75px]]1 December 19081 May 1909
Thomas Mackenzie[[File:Thomas Mackenzie.jpg75px]]1 May 190910 July 1912
New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Mackenzie
William Massey[[File:William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg75px]]10 July 191212 August 1915New Zealand Reform Party}}"Massey
William MacDonald[[File:William Donald Stuart Macdonald, circa 1910.jpg75px]]12 August 191522 August 1919
William Nosworthy[[File:William Nosworthy.jpg75px]]4 September 191918 January 1926New Zealand Reform Party}}"
New Zealand Reform Party}}"Bell
New Zealand Reform Party}}"Coates
Oswald Hawken[[File:Oswald Hawken.jpg75px]]18 January 192624 August 1928New Zealand Reform Party}}"
George Forbes[[File:George William Forbes.jpg75px]]10 December 192828 May 1930United Party (New Zealand)}}"Ward
Alfred Murdoch[[File:Alfred Murdoch.jpg75px]]28 May 193022 September 1931United Party (New Zealand)}}"Forbes
David Jones[[File:David Jones (Ellesmere Guardian, 1928).gif75px]]22 September 19318 January 1932
Charles Macmillan[[File:Charles Macmillan.jpg75px]]8 January 19326 December 1935
Lee Martin[[File:William Lee Martin.jpg75px]]6 December 193521 January 1941New Zealand Labour Party}};"Savage
New Zealand Labour Party}};"Fraser
Jim Barclay[[File:James Gillespie Barclay.jpg75px]]21 January 194118 October 1943New Zealand Labour Party}};"
Ben Roberts[[File:Benjamin Roberts 1935.jpg75px]]29 October 194319 December 1946
Ted Cullen[[File:Ted Cullen.jpg75px]]19 December 194613 December 1949
Keith Holyoake[[File:Keith Holyoake (crop).jpg75px]]13 December 194926 September 1957New Zealand National Party}}"Holland
Sid Smith[[File:Sidney Walter Smith.jpg75px]]26 September 195712 December 1957
New Zealand National Party}}"Holyoake
Jerry Skinner[[File:Jerry Skinner.jpg75px]]12 December 195712 December 1960New Zealand Labour Party}}"Nash
William Gillespie[[File:William Gillespie.jpg75px]]12 December 196023 April 1961New Zealand National Party}}"Holyoake
Thomas Hayman[[File:Thomas Hayman.jpg75px]]2 May 19612 January 1962
Brian Talboys[[File:Brian Talboys.jpg75px]]24 January 196222 December 1969
Douglas Carter[[File:Douglas Carter.jpg75px]]22 December 19698 December 1972New Zealand National Party}}"
New Zealand National Party}}"Marshall
Colin Moyle[[File:Colin Moyle, 1968 II.jpg75px]]8 December 197212 December 1975New Zealand Labour Party}}"Kirk
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Rowling
Duncan MacIntyre[[File:Duncan MacIntyre Greg Tate (crop).jpg75px]]12 December 197526 July 1984New Zealand National Party}}"Muldoon
Colin Moyle[[File:Colin Moyle, 1968 II.jpg75px]]26 July 19849 February 1990New Zealand Labour Party}}"Lange
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Palmer
Jim Sutton[[File:Jim Sutton New Zealand MP.jpg75px]]9 February 19902 November 1990
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Moore
John Falloon[[File:John Falloon 1992 (cropped).jpg75px]]2 November 199029 February 1996New Zealand National Party}}"Bolger
Lockwood Smith[[File:Lockwood Smith (cropped).jpg75px]]29 February 199626 August 1998
New Zealand National Party}}"Shipley
John Luxton[[File:John Luxton (cropped).jpg75px]]26 August 199810 December 1999
Jim Sutton[[File:Jim Sutton New Zealand MP.jpg75px]]10 December 199919 October 2005New Zealand Labour Party}}"Clark
Jim Anderton[[File:Jim Anderton, 2010 (cropped).jpg75px]]19 October 200519 November 2008
David Carter[[File:David Carter 2014.jpg75px]]19 November 200814 December 2011New Zealand National Party}}"Key
2011–2017: No separate appointments
Damien O'Connor[[File:Hon Damien O'Connor.jpg75px]]26 October 201727 November 2023New Zealand Labour Party}}"Ardern
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Hipkins
Todd McClay[[File:Todd McClay (cropped).png75px]]27 November 2023presentNew Zealand National Party}}"Luxon

Table footnotes:

Notes

References

References

  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016". New Zealand Parliament.
  2. "Agriculture".
  3. Stringleman, Hugh. "Sheep farming – The refrigerated meat trade". Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  4. "Historical Developments". Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
  5. "Agriculture (J0004) – History & Notes". Archives New Zealand.
  6. {{DNZB. Wood. G. A.. 5H33. Holyoake, Keith Jacka. 30 October 2012
  7. Stevenson, Philippa. (29 November 1999). "Rural sector looking for more than cosmetics in new policy". [[The New Zealand Herald]].
  8. (2017-10-25). "New government ministers revealed".
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