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Minister of Defence (New Zealand)

New Zealand minister of the Crown

Summary

New Zealand minister of the Crown

FieldValue
postMinister of Defence
flagFlag of New Zealand.svg
flagcaptionFlag of New Zealand
insignia[[File:Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg120px]]
insigniacaptionCoat of arms of New Zealand
imageCOLLINS, Judith - Papakura (cropped).png
incumbentJudith Collins
incumbentsince27 November 2023
departmentMinistry of Defence
styleThe Honourable
reports_toPrime Minister of New Zealand
appointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
termlengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
formation22 July 1862
firstReader Wood
salary$288,900
websitewww.beehive.govt.nz
  • Cabinet of New Zealand
  • Executive Council

The minister of defence is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the New Zealand Defence Force and the Ministry of Defence.

The present minister is Judith Collins, a member of the National Party.

History

Initially, military affairs in New Zealand were controlled by the British-appointed governor, without input from the New Zealand Parliament, which was only established in 1853. There was no minister of defence as such, as the governor retained control over all armed forces in the colony. However, senior military officers did serve as members of the Executive Council. Three such appointments were made: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Wynyard, Major General Thomas Simson Pratt, and Lieutenant General Duncan Alexander Cameron.

In 1863, under the premiership of Alfred Domett, a minister for colonial defence was appointed. Reader Wood, a former militia officer, became the first minister. This post continued to exist with only brief interruption until Edward Stafford's short-lived premiership of 1872, in which no defence minister was appointed. As a consequence of the New Zealand Wars, the defence portfolio was considered closely linked to the post of Minister of Native Affairs — on occasion, the latter post was formally titled "Minister of Native Affairs and Defence". It was not until the premiership of Robert Stout in 1884 that a separate minister of defence was formally appointed, and not until 1887 that the post was given to someone who was not simultaneously minister of native affairs. Until 1896 the responsibility for the New Zealand Police rested with the minister of defence before being allocated to the minister of justice instead.

During World War II, the post was supplemented by several others — a minister of national service (conscription), a minister of supply and munitions, a minister in charge of war expenditure, and a minister of armed forces and war co-ordination. All were part of the special War Cabinet, but only the first was a member of the regular domestic Cabinet.

List of defence ministers

;Key

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime MinisterIndependent politician}}"1Independent politician}}"2Independent politician}}"3Independent politician}}"4Independent politician}}"5Independent politician}}"6Independent politician}}"7New Zealand Liberal Party}}"8New Zealand Liberal Party}}"New Zealand Liberal Party}};"9New Zealand Liberal Party}}"(8)New Zealand Liberal Party}}"10New Zealand Liberal Party}}"New Zealand Liberal Party}};"11New Zealand Liberal Party}}"12Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"13Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"14Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"15Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"16United Party (New Zealand)}}"17United Party (New Zealand)}}"18United Party (New Zealand)}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"19New Zealand National Party}}"20New Zealand National Party}}"21New Zealand Labour Party}}"22New Zealand National Party}}"(21)New Zealand National Party}}"23New Zealand National Party}}"24New Zealand Labour Party}}"25New Zealand Labour Party}}"26New Zealand National Party}}"(24)New Zealand National Party}}"27New Zealand National Party}}"(23)New Zealand Labour Party}}"28New Zealand Labour Party}}"29New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"30New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand National Party}}"31New Zealand National Party}}"32New Zealand National Party}}"33New Zealand Labour Party}}"34New Zealand Labour Party}}"35New Zealand National Party}}"36New Zealand National Party}}"37New Zealand National Party}}"38New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand National Party}}"39New Zealand First}}"40New Zealand Labour Party}}"41New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"42New Zealand National Party}}"43
Reader Wood[[File:Reader Wood.jpg75px]]22 July 186230 October 1863Independent politician}}"Domett
Harry Atkinson[[File:Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, ca 1885.jpg75px]]24 November 186416 October 1865Independent politician}}"Weld
Theodore Haultain[[File:Theodore Haultain.jpg75px]]31 October 186528 June 1869Independent politician}}"Stafford
Donald McLean[[File:Donald McLean, 1870s.jpg75px]]28 June 186910 September 1872Independent politician}}"Fox
*1872–1884: No separate appointments, although John Bryce twice held office as
"Minister of Native Affairs and Defence"*; broken by William Rolleston from 4 February to 19 October 1881
John Ballance[[File:John Ballance 1880.jpg75px]]16 July 18848 October 1887Independent politician}}"Stout
Thomas Fergus[[File:Thomas Fergus, NZETC.jpg75px]]8 October 188417 October 1889Independent politician}}"Atkinson
William Russell[[File:William Russell Russell.jpg75px]]17 October 188924 January 1891
Richard Seddon[[File:Richard Seddon, 1906.jpg75px]]24 January 189122 June 1896New Zealand Liberal Party}};"Ballance
New Zealand Liberal Party}};"Seddon
Thomas Thompson[[File:Thomas Thompson, 1884.jpg75px]]22 June 189623 January 1900New Zealand Liberal Party}};"
Richard Seddon[[File:Richard Seddon, 1906.jpg75px]]23 January 190010 June 1906
Albert Pitt[[File:Albert Pitt.jpg75px]]21 June 190618 November 1906New Zealand Liberal Party}};"Hall-Jones
New Zealand Liberal Party}};"Ward
Joseph Ward[[File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg75px]]23 November 190628 March 1912New Zealand Liberal Party}};"
Arthur Myers[[File:Arthur Mielziner Myers.jpg75px]]28 March 191210 July 1912New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Mackenzie
James Allen[[File:James Allen portrait.jpg75px]]10 July 191228 April 1920Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"Massey
Heaton Rhodes[[File:Robert Heaton Rhodes Jr (1915).jpg75px]]21 July 192018 January 1926Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"
Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"Bell
Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"Coates
Frank Rolleston[[File:Frank Rolleston.jpg75px]]18 January 192626 November 1928Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"
William Downie Stewart Jr[[File:William Downie Stewart.jpg75px]]28 November 192810 December 1928
Thomas Wilford[[File:Thomas Wilford, 1928.jpg75px]]10 December 192810 December 1929United Party (New Zealand)}}"Ward
John Cobbe[[File:John George Cobbe.jpg75px]]10 December 19296 December 1935
United Party (New Zealand)}}"Forbes
Fred Jones[[File:Fred Jones 1935.jpg75px]]6 December 193513 December 1949New Zealand Labour Party}}"Savage
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Fraser
Tom Macdonald[[File:Thomas Lachlan Macdonald.jpg75px]]13 December 194926 September 1957New Zealand National Party}}"Holland
Dean Eyre[[File:Dean Eyre.jpg75px]]26 September 195712 December 1957New Zealand National Party}}"Holyoake
Phil Connolly[[File:Phil Connolly.jpg75px]]12 December 195712 December 1960New Zealand Labour Party}}"Nash
Dean Eyre[[File:Dean Eyre.jpg75px]]12 December 196012 December 1966New Zealand National Party}}"Holyoake
David Thomson[[File:David Spence Thomson.jpg75px]]12 December 19669 February 1972
Allan McCready[[File:Allan McCready.jpg75px]]9 February 19728 December 1972New Zealand National Party}}"Marshall
Arthur Faulkner[[File:Arthur Faulkner, 1951 (1).jpg75px]]8 December 197210 September 1974New Zealand Labour Party}}"Kirk
Bill Fraser[[File:Bill Fraser, 1957.jpg75px]]10 September 197412 December 1975New Zealand Labour Party}}"Rowling
Allan McCready[[File:Allan McCready.jpg75px]]12 December 197513 December 1978New Zealand National Party}}"Muldoon
Frank Gill[[File:Frank Gill (crop).jpg75px]]13 December 197821 August 1980
David Thomson[[File:David Spence Thomson.jpg75px]]28 August 198026 July 1984
Frank O'Flynn[[File:Frank O'Flynn, 1984.jpg75px]]26 July 198424 July 1987New Zealand Labour Party}}"Lange
Bob Tizard[[File:Bob Tizard, 1968.jpg75px]]24 July 19879 February 1990
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Palmer
Peter Tapsell[[File:Peter Tapsell (cropped).jpg75px]]9 February 19902 November 1990
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Moore
Warren Cooper[[File:Warren Cooper 1983.jpg75px]]2 November 19901 March 1996New Zealand National Party}}"Bolger
Paul East[[File:Paul East crop.jpg75px]]1 March 19965 December 1997
Max Bradford[[File:Max Bradford.jpg75px]]5 December 199710 December 1999New Zealand National Party}}"Shipley
Mark Burton[[File:Mark Burton.jpg75px]]10 December 199912 October 2005New Zealand Labour Party}}"Clark
Phil Goff[[File:Phil Goff, 2003.jpg75px]]12 October 200519 November 2008
Wayne Mapp[[File:Wayne Mapp (Office).jpg75px]]19 November 200814 December 2011New Zealand National Party}}"Key
Jonathan Coleman[[File:Jonathan Coleman 3by2.png75px]]14 December 20116 October 2014
Gerry Brownlee[[File:Gerry Brownlee 2017.jpg75px]]6 October 20142 May 2017
New Zealand National Party}}"English
Mark Mitchell[[File:Mark Mitchell 2017.jpg75px]]2 May 201726 October 2017
Ron Mark[[File:Ron Mark, 2018.jpg75px]]26 October 20176 November 2020New Zealand Labour Party}}"Ardern
Peeni Henare[[File:Peeni Henare (cropped).jpg75px]]6 November 20201 February 2023
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Hipkins
Andrew Little[[File:Andrew Little 2019 (cropped).jpg75px]]1 February 202327 November 2023
Judith Collins[[File:COLLINS, Judith - Papakura (cropped).png75px]]27 November 2023IncumbentNew Zealand National Party}}"Luxon

References

References

  1. "Radware Page".
  2. "Ministerial List". [[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand).
  3. McLean, Gavin. (2006). "The Governors: New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General". Otago University Press.
  4. (25 February 1896). "The Cabinet". The Star.
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