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Minister of Justice (New Zealand)

New Zealand minister of the Crown

New Zealand minister of the Crown

FieldValue
postMinister of Justice
flagFlag of New Zealand.svg
flagcaptionFlag of New Zealand
insignia[[File:Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg120px]]
insigniacaptionCoat of arms of New Zealand
imagePaul Goldsmith (cropped).png
incumbentPaul Goldsmith
incumbentsince27 November 2023
departmentMinistry of Justice
styleThe Honourable
member_of* Cabinet of New Zealand
reports_toPrime Minister of New Zealand
appointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
termlengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
formation13 June 1870
firstHenry Sewell
salary$288,900
websitewww.beehive.govt.nz
  • Executive Council

The Minister of Justice is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The minister has responsibility for the formulation of justice policy and for the administration of law courts.

The current Minister of Justice is Paul Goldsmith since 27 November 2023.

History

The first Minister of Justice was appointed in 1870. This was followed in 1872 by the creation of the Department of Justice.

The Attorney-General is responsible for supervising New Zealand law and advising the Government on legal matters, and has ministerial jurisdiction over the Crown Law Office and the Parliamentary Counsel Office. The position is separate from that of 'Minister of Justice', though the two positions have sometimes been held by the same person, e.g. Geoffrey Palmer (1984 to 1989).

Responsibility for the police has never technically belonged to the Minister of Justice per se. Originally, the Minister of Defence was responsible. During the early 20th century, however, it became established that the person serving as Minister of Justice was also the minister in charge of the police. This continued until the election of the First Labour Government in 1935, when responsibility for the police became detached – the Minister of Police was eventually established as a full ministerial post in 1969.

In 1995, the Department of Justice was split into three parts – a Ministry of Justice would deal with policy matters, while the practical administration of the court system and the prison system would be given their own departments. This resulted in the creation of two new ministerial portfolios – Minister of Court and Minister of Corrections. The former has since been absorbed back into the Justice portfolio, but the latter is still independent.

List of justice ministers

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No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime MinisterIndependent politician}}"1Independent politician}}"2Independent politician}}"Independent politician}}"3Independent politician}}"4Independent politician}}"5Independent politician}}"6Independent politician}}"7Independent politician}}"8Independent politician}}"Independent politician}}"9Independent politician}}"10Independent politician}}"11New Zealand Liberal Party}}"12New Zealand Liberal Party}}"13New Zealand Liberal Party}}"New Zealand Liberal Party}}"(12)New Zealand Liberal Party}}"(13)New Zealand Liberal Party}}"(12)New Zealand Liberal Party}}"14New Zealand Liberal Party}}"15New Zealand Liberal Party}}"16New Zealand Liberal Party}}"17New Zealand Liberal Party}}"18Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"19New Zealand Liberal Party}}"20New Zealand Liberal Party}}"(18)New Zealand Liberal Party}}"21Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"22Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"23Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"24Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"25Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"26Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"27United Party (New Zealand)}}"(21)United Party (New Zealand)}}"28United Party (New Zealand)}}"29New Zealand Labour Party}}"30New Zealand National Party}}"31New Zealand National Party}}"32New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"(30)New Zealand National Party}}"33New Zealand National Party}}"34New Zealand National Party}}"35New Zealand Labour Party}}"36New Zealand National Party}}"37New Zealand National Party}}"38New Zealand Labour Party}}"39New Zealand Labour Party}}"40New Zealand National Party}}"41New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand National Party}};"42New Zealand Labour Party}}"43New Zealand Labour Party}}"44New Zealand Labour Party}}"45New Zealand National Party}}"46New Zealand National Party}}"47New Zealand National Party}}"–New Zealand National Party}}"48New Zealand National Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"49New Zealand Labour Party}}"50New Zealand Labour Party}}"51New Zealand Labour Party}}"New Zealand Labour Party}}"52New Zealand National Party}}"53
Henry Sewell[[File:Henry Sewell, 1860 cropped.jpg75px]]13 June 187030 October 1871Independent politician}}"Fox
John Bathgate[[File:John Bathgate, taken by an unidentified photographer (cropped).jpg75px]]29 October 187220 February 1874Independent politician}}"Waterhouse
Independent politician}}"Fox
Independent politician}}"Vogel
Maurice O'Rorke[[File:George Maurice O’Rorke.jpg75px]]20 February 187413 August 1874
Charles Bowen[[File:Charles Christopher Bowen, 1878.jpg75px]]16 December 187413 October 1877Independent politician}}"
Independent politician}}"Pollen
Independent politician}}"Vogel
Independent politician}}"
Independent politician}}"Atkinson
John Sheehan[[File:John Sheehan, 1884.jpg75px]]13 October 18778 October 1879Independent politician}}"Grey
William Rolleston[[File:William Rolleston (cropped).jpg75px]]15 December 188013 April 1881Independent politician}}"Hall
Thomas Dick[[File:Thomas Dick, 1882.jpg75px]]13 April 188111 October 1882
Independent politician}}"Whitaker
Edward Conolly[[File:Edward Tennyson Conolly, circa 1892.jpg75px]]11 October 188216 August 1884
Independent politician}}"Atkinson
Joseph Tole[[File:Joseph Augustus Tole (cropped).jpg75px]]3 September 18848 October 1887Independent politician}}"Stout
Thomas Fergus[[File:Thomas Fergus, NZETC.jpg75px]]8 October 188717 October 1889Independent politician}}"Atkinson
William Russell[[File:William Russell Russell.jpg75px]]17 October 188924 January 1891
William Pember Reeves[[File:William Pember Reeves (crop).jpg75px]]24 January 189128 May 1892New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Ballance
Alfred Cadman[[File:Alfred Jerome Cadman (Cropped).jpg75px]]28 May 18921 May 1893
New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Seddon
William Pember Reeves[[File:William Pember Reeves (crop).jpg75px]]20 July 18936 September 1893
Alfred Cadman[[File:Alfred Jerome Cadman (Cropped).jpg75px]]6 September 189328 March 1895
William Pember Reeves[[File:William Pember Reeves (crop).jpg75px]]28 March 189510 January 1896
William Hall-Jones[[File:William Hall-Jones 2.jpg75px]]10 January 18962 March 1896
Thomas Thompson[[File:Thomas Thompson, 1884.jpg75px]]2 March 189623 January 1900
James McGowan[[File:James McGowan, 1908.jpg75px]]23 January 19006 January 1909New Zealand Liberal Party}}"
New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Hall-Jones
New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Ward
John Findlay[[File:John George Findlay.jpg75px]]6 January 190926 December 1911New Zealand Liberal Party}}"
Josiah Hanan[[File:Josiah Alfred Hanan, ca 1908.jpg75px]]28 March 191210 July 1912New Zealand Liberal Party}}"Mackenzie
Alexander Herdman[[File:Alexander Herdman.jpg75px]]10 July 191212 August 1915Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"Massey
Robert McNab[[File:Robert McNab (1908).jpg75px]]12 August 191520 February 1917
Josiah Hanan[[File:Josiah Alfred Hanan, ca 1908.jpg75px]]20 February 191714 November 1917
Thomas Wilford[[File:Thomas Wilford, 1928.jpg75px]]14 November 191725 August 1919
Gordon Coates[[File:Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg75px]]4 September 19193 April 1920
Ernest Lee[[File:Ernest Lee.jpg75px]]3 April 192013 January 1923
Francis Bell[[File:Francis Bell.jpg75px]]13 January 192327 June 1923
James Parr[[File:James Parr.jpg75px]]27 June 192318 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]]26 November 192810 December 1928
Thomas Wilford[[File:Thomas Wilford, 1928.jpg75px]]10 December 192810 December 1929United Party (New Zealand)}}"Ward
Thomas Sidey[[File:Thomas Kay Sidey.jpg75px]]18 December 192928 May 1930
John Cobbe[[File:John George Cobbe.jpg75px]]28 May 19306 December 1935United Party (New Zealand)}}"Forbes
Rex Mason[[File:Rex Mason.jpg75px]]6 December 193513 December 1949New Zealand Labour Party}}"Savage
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Fraser
Clifton Webb[[File:Clifton Webb.jpg75px]]13 December 194926 November 1954New Zealand National Party}}"Holland
Jack Marshall[[File:Jack Marshall 1951.jpg75px]]26 November 195412 December 1957
New Zealand National Party}}"Holyoake
Rex Mason[[File:Rex Mason.jpg75px]]12 December 195712 December 1960New Zealand Labour Party}}"Nash
Ralph Hanan[[File:Ralph Hanan portrait.jpg75px]]12 December 196024 July 1969New Zealand National Party}}"Holyoake
Dan Riddiford[[File:Dan Riddiford.jpg75px]]22 December 19699 February 1972
Roy Jack[[File:Roy Jack.jpg75px]]9 February 19728 December 1972New Zealand National Party}}"Marshall
Martyn Finlay[[File:Martyn Finlay, 1968.jpg75px]]8 December 197212 December 1975New Zealand Labour Party}}"Kirk
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Rowling
David Thomson[[File:David Spence Thomson.jpg75px]]12 December 197513 December 1978New Zealand National Party}}"Muldoon
Jim McLay[[File:Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT - Flickr - The Official CTBTO Photostream (18).jpg75px]]13 December 197826 July 1984
Geoffrey Palmer[[File:Geoffrey Palmer.jpg75px]]26 July 19848 August 1989New Zealand Labour Party}}"Lange
Bill Jeffries[[File:Bill Jeffries.jpg75px]]8 August 19892 November 1990New Zealand Labour Party}}"Palmer
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Moore
Doug Graham[[File:No image.png75px]]2 November 19901 February 1999New Zealand National Party}};"Bolger
New Zealand National Party}};"Shipley
Tony Ryall[[File:Tony Ryall.jpg75px]]1 February 199910 December 1999
Phil Goff[[File:Phil Goff, 2003.jpg75px]]10 December 199919 October 2005New Zealand Labour Party}}"Clark
Mark Burton[[File:Mark Burton.jpg75px]]19 October 200531 October 2007
Annette King[[File:Annette King at Onslow Kindergarten.jpg75px]]31 October 200719 November 2008
Simon Power[[File:Simon Power (cropped).jpg75px]]19 November 200812 December 2011New Zealand National Party}}"Key
Judith Collins[[File:The Honourable Judith Collins MP.jpg75px]]12 December 201130 August 2014
Chris FinlaysonActing Minister[[File:Chris Finlayson-Net Hui 2011.jpg75px]]30 August 20148 October 2014
Amy Adams[[File:Amy Adams politician (cropped).jpg75px]]8 October 201426 October 2017
New Zealand National Party}}"English
Andrew Little[[File:Andrew Little 2019 (cropped).jpg75px]]26 October 20176 November 2020New Zealand Labour Party}}" rowspan=3Ardern
Kris Faafoi[[File:Hon Kris Faafoi.jpg75px]]6 November 202014 June 2022
Kiri Allan[[File:Kiri Allan.jpg75px]]14 June 202224 July 2023
New Zealand Labour Party}}"Hipkins
Ginny Andersen[[File:Ginny Andersen.jpg75px]]24 July 202327 November 2023
Paul Goldsmith[[File:Paul Goldsmith (cropped).png75px]]27 November 2023presentNew Zealand National Party}}"Luxon

References

References

  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016".
  2. (24 July 2023). "Reallocation of ministerial portfolios".
  3. "Sir Geoffrey Palmer". [[United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]].
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