Minister of Tourism (New Zealand)

The Minister of Tourism in New Zealand is the cabinet member appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of Tourism New Zealand. The current Minister of Tourism is Kelvin Davis.[2]

Incumbent
Kelvin Davis
since 26 October 2017
Tourism New Zealand
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation15 February 1967
First holderRobert Muldoon
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

Historically the Minister of Tourism was the lowest ranking position in cabinet in the 1960s and 1970s, though its prominence has risen in more recent years, with its current minister, Kelvin Davis, being ranked 3rd in cabinet and the deputy leader of the governing Labour Party.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Tourism.[3]

Key

  Labour   National

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Robert Muldoon 15 February 1967 4 March 1967 Holyoake
2 David Thomson 4 March 1967 12 December 1969
3 Bert Walker 12 December 1969 8 December 1972
Marshall
4 Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan 8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
5 Harry Lapwood 12 December 1975 13 December 1978 Muldoon
6 Warren Cooper 13 December 1978 12 February 1981
7 Derek Quigley 12 February 1981 11 December 1981
8 Rob Talbot 11 December 1981 26 July 1984
9 Mike Moore 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange
10 Phil Goff 24 August 1987 10 January 1988
11 Jonathan Hunt 10 January 1988 24 August 1989
12 Fran Wilde 24 August 1989 2 November 1990 Palmer
Moore
13 John Banks 2 November 1990 1 November 1996 Bolger
14 Murray McCully 1 November 1996 27 April 1999
Shipley
15 Lockwood Smith 27 April 1999 10 December 1999
16 Mark Burton 10 December 1999 19 October 2005 Clark
17 Damien O'Connor 19 October 2005 18 November 2008
18 John Key 18 November 2008 12 December 2016 Key
19 Paula Bennett 12 December 2016 26 October 2017 English
20 Kelvin Davis 26 October 2017 present Ardern

Notes
  1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. Wilson 1985, pp. 90–97.

References
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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