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Minister of Health (New Zealand)

New Zealand minister of the Crown

Summary

New Zealand minister of the Crown

FieldValue
postMinister of Health
bodyNew Zealand
flagFlag of New Zealand.svg
flagcaptionFlag of New Zealand
insignia[[File:Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg120px]]
insigniacaptionCoat of arms of New Zealand
imageBROWN, Simeon - Pakuranga (cropped).png
incumbentSimeon Brown
incumbentsince24 January 2025
departmentMinistry of Health
styleThe Honourable
member_of* Cabinet of New Zealand
reports_toPrime Minister of New Zealand
appointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
termlengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
formation8 November 1900
firstSir Joseph Ward
salary$288,900
websitewww.beehive.govt.nz
  • Executive Council

The Minister of Health, formerly styled Minister of Public Health, is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the New Zealand Ministry of Health and Te Whatu Ora—Health New Zealand.

The current Minister of Health is National Party MP Simeon Brown.

History

The first Minister of Public Health was appointed in 1900, during the premiership of Richard Seddon. The word "Public" was dropped from the title when Sir Māui Pōmare took over the portfolio from 27 June 1923, as simply "Minister of Health".

In the health system reforms of the 1980s, the Department of Health lost responsibility for both the provision and funding of healthcare – these roles were transferred to separate Crown Health Enterprises (the precursors to today's District Health Boards) and the Health Funding Authority, respectively. The only function remaining was policy-making (resulting in the department being renamed a Ministry). For a time, there was a separate Minister in Charge of Crown Health Enterprises, who was not necessarily the same as the Minister of Health. Further reforms have changed this, however – the Health Funding Authority has been re-absorbed into the Ministry of Health, and the modern District Health Boards, while not part of the Ministry, are considered a responsibility of the Minister of Health.

In July 2022, on the passing of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022, District Health Boards were disestablished and the provision and funding of healthcare was centralised under Health New Zealand.

List of Health Ministers

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No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime MinisterNew Zealand Liberal Party}}"1New Zealand Liberal Party}}"2New Zealand Liberal Party}}"3New Zealand Liberal Party}}"4New Zealand Reform Party}}"5New Zealand Liberal Party}}"(4)New Zealand Reform Party}}"6New Zealand Reform Party}}"7New Zealand Reform Party}}"8New Zealand Reform Party}}"9United Party (New Zealand)}}"10United Party (New Zealand)}}"New Zealand Reform Party}};"(9)New Zealand Labour Party}}"11New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}};"12New Zealand Labour Party}};"13New Zealand Labour Party}};"14New Zealand National Party}}"15New Zealand National Party}}"16New Zealand National Party}}"17New Zealand Labour Party}}"18New Zealand National Party}}"19New Zealand National Party}}"20New Zealand National Party}}"21New Zealand Labour Party}}"22New Zealand Labour Party}}"23New Zealand National Party}}"24New Zealand National Party}}"25New Zealand National Party}}"26New Zealand Labour Party}}"27New Zealand Labour Party}}"28New Zealand Labour Party}}"29New Zealand National Party}}"30New Zealand National Party}}"31New Zealand National Party}}"32New Zealand National Party}}"33New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand National Party}}"34New Zealand Labour Party}}"35New Zealand Labour Party}}"36New Zealand Labour Party}}"37New Zealand National Party}}"38New Zealand National Party}}"39New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"40New Zealand Labour Party}}"41New Zealand Labour Party}}"42New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"43New Zealand National Party}}"44New Zealand National Party}}"45
Joseph Ward[[File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg75px]]8 November 19006 August 1906New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Seddon
New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Hall-Jones
George Fowlds[[File:George Fowlds, ca 1910.jpg75px]]6 August 19066 January 1909New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Ward
David Buddo[[File:David Buddo.jpg75px]]6 January 190928 March 1912
George Russell[[File:George Russell (New Zealand politician).jpg75px]]28 March 191210 July 1912New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Mackenzie
Heaton Rhodes[[File:Robert Heaton Rhodes Jr (1915).jpg75px]]10 July 191212 August 1915New Zealand Reform Party}}"Massey
George Russell[[File:George Russell (New Zealand politician).jpg75px]]12 August 191525 August 1919
Francis Bell[[File:Francis Bell.jpg75px]]4 September 19193 April 1920
James Parr[[File:James Parr.jpg75px]]3 April 19207 June 1923
Maui Pomare[[File:Maui Pomare.jpg75px]]7 June 192318 January 1926New Zealand Reform Party}}"
New Zealand Reform Party}}"Bell
New Zealand Reform Party}}"Coates
Alexander Young[[File:Alexander Young.jpg75px]]18 January 192610 December 1928New Zealand Reform Party}}"
Arthur Stallworthy[[File:Arthur Stallworthy.jpg75px]]10 December 192822 September 1931United Party (New Zealand)}};"Ward
United Party (New Zealand)}};"Forbes
Alexander Young[[File:Alexander Young.jpg75px]]22 September 19316 December 1935United Party (New Zealand)}};"
Peter Fraser[[File:Peter Fraser.jpg75px]]6 December 193530 April 1940New Zealand Labour Party}};"Savage
New Zealand Labour Party}};"Fraser
Tim Armstrong[[File:Tim Armstrong 1935.jpg75px]]30 April 194021 January 1941New Zealand Labour Party}};"
Arnold Nordmeyer[[File:Arnold Nordmeyer (1950).jpg75px]]21 January 194129 May 1947
Mabel Howard[[File:Mabel Bowden Howard.jpg75px]]29 May 194713 December 1949
Jack Watts[[File:Jack Watts.jpg75px]]13 December 194919 September 1951New Zealand National Party}}"Holland
Jack Marshall[[File:Jack Marshall 1951.jpg75px]]19 September 195126 November 1954
Ralph Hanan[[File:Ralph Hanan portrait.jpg75px]]26 November 195412 December 1957New Zealand National Party}}"
New Zealand National Party}}"Holyoake
Rex Mason[[File:Rex Mason.jpg75px]]12 December 195712 December 1960New Zealand Labour Party}}"Nash
Norman Shelton[[File:Norman Shelton.jpg75px]]12 December 196024 January 1962New Zealand National Party}}"Holyoake
Don McKay[[File:Don McKay.jpg75px]]24 January 19629 February 1972
Lance Adams-Schneider[[File:Lance Adams-Schneider, 1957.jpg75px]]9 February 19728 December 1972New Zealand National Party}}"Marshall
Bob Tizard[[File:Bob Tizard, 1968.jpg75px]]8 December 197210 September 1974New Zealand Labour Party}}"Kirk
Tom McGuigan[[File:Tom McGuigan.jpg75px]]10 September 197412 December 1975New Zealand Labour Party}}"Rowling
Frank Gill[[File:Frank Gill (crop).jpg75px]]12 December 197513 December 1978New Zealand National Party}}"Muldoon
George Gair[[File:George Gair.jpg75px]]13 December 197811 December 1981
Aussie Malcolm[[File:No image.png75px]]11 December 198126 July 1984
Michael Bassett[[File:Michael Bassett, 1969.jpg75px]]26 July 198424 August 1987New Zealand Labour Party}}"Lange
David Caygill[[File:David Caygill, 2015.jpg75px]]24 August 198730 January 1989
Helen Clark[[File:Helen Clark UNDP 2010.jpg75px]]30 January 19892 November 1990New Zealand Labour Party}}"
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Palmer
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Moore
Simon Upton[[File:Simon Upton 01 crop.jpg75px]]2 November 199027 March 1993New Zealand National Party}}"Bolger
Bill Birch[[File:Bill Birch.jpg75px]]27 March 199329 November 1993
Jenny Shipley[[File:Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg75px]]29 November 199316 December 1996
Bill English[[File:Bill English 3by2.png75px]]16 December 19962 February 1999
New Zealand National Party}}"Shipley
Wyatt Creech[[File:Wyatt Creech, 1998.jpg75px]]2 February 199910 December 1999
Annette King[[File:Annette King at Onslow Kindergarten.jpg75px]]10 December 199919 October 2005New Zealand Labour Party}}"Clark
Pete Hodgson[[File:Pete Hodgson XMediaLab 2008.jpg75px]]19 October 20055 November 2007
David Cunliffe[[File:David Cunliffe, 2008.jpg75px]]5 November 200719 November 2008
Tony Ryall[[File:Tony Ryall.jpg75px]]19 November 20086 October 2014New Zealand National Party}}"Key
Jonathan Coleman[[File:Jonathan Coleman 3by2.png75px]]6 October 201426 October 2017
New Zealand National Party}}"English
David Clark[[File:Hon Dr David Clark.jpg75px]]26 October 20172 July 2020New Zealand Labour Party}}"Ardern
Chris Hipkins[[File:Hon Chris Hipkins.jpg75px]]2 July 20206 November 2020
Andrew Little[[File:Andrew Little 2019 (cropped).jpg75px]]6 November 20201 February 2023
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Hipkins
Ayesha Verrall[[File:Dr Ayesha Verrall - Labour List Candidate.jpgframeless75px]]1 February 202327 November 2023
Shane Reti[[File:RETI, Shane - Whangarei (cropped).png75px]]27 November 202324 January 2025New Zealand National Party}}"Luxon
Simeon Brown[[File:BROWN, Simeon - Pakuranga (cropped).png75px]]24 January 2025Present

References

References

  1. (3 November 2016). "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016".
  2. "New Cabinet focused on bread and butter issues".
  3. (2 July 2020). "David Clark resigns as Health Minister: 'It's best for me to step aside'".
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