Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand)

Ministry for Primary Industries
Manatū Ahu Matua
Agency overview
Formed 2012
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction New Zealand
Headquarters Pastoral House,
25 The Terrace,
Wellington
WELLINGTON 6011
Annual budget Vote Primary Industries and Food Safety
Total budget for 2017/18
Increase$991,899,000[1]
Agency executive
  • Martyn Dunne,
    Chief Executive and Director-General
Website www.mpi.govt.nz

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) (Māori: Manatū Ahu Matua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing, managing and regulating the farming, fishing, food, animal welfare, biosecurity, and forestry sectors of New Zealand's primary industries. In December 2017, Agriculture, Food Safety and Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor announced that the Ministry of Primary Industries would be reorganised into four entities: Fisheries New Zealand, Forestry New Zealand, Biosecurity New Zealand and New Zealand Food Safety, existing within the one ministry.[2]

History

Formed in April 2012, MPI is a merger of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the Ministry of Fisheries (MFish), and the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA).[3]

Ministers

The Ministry serves 6 portfolios and 4 ministers.

OFFICEHOLDERPORTFOLIO(S)OTHER RESPONSIBILITY(IES)
Hon Damien O'ConnorLead Minister (Ministry for Primary Industries)
Minister of Agriculture
Minister for Biosecurity
Minister for Food Safety
Minister for Rural Communities
Hon Stuart NashMinister of Fisheries
Hon Shane JonesMinister of Forestry
Hon Meka WhaitiriAssociate Minister of Agriculture

List of Ministers for Primary Industries

Colour key
(for political parties)
  National  
No. Name Portrait Term of office Party
1 David Carter 14 December 2011 28 January 2013 Key
2 Nathan Guy 28 January 2013 26 October 2017
English

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Budget 2017. The Treasury.
  2. ↑ https://pro.newsroom.co.nz/articles/2333-o-connor-keeps-mpi-as-one-ministry-but-with-4-entities
  3. ↑ Carter, David (6 March 2012). "MAF to become Ministry for Primary Industries" (Press release). New Zealand Government.
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