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The Minister for Women is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the rights and interests of the country's female citizens. It has been a post in all New Zealand governments since 1984.[2] The Minister leads the Ministry for Women.
Minister for Women | |
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Ministry for Women | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Ann Hercus |
Formation | 26 July 1984 |
Salary | $288,900[1] |
Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government on 26 July 1984 preceding the creation of the ministry. It was split from the Social Welfare portfolio after a recommendation from Advisory Committee on Women's Affairs.[3] Holders of the post were known as the Minister for Women's Affairs until December 2014, with the department known as the Ministry of Women's Affairs.[4] There had been a previous ministerial post from 1949 to 1972 adjunct to the Social Security portfolio titled Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children with a similar brief.[5]
The following ministers have held the office:
Labour National Alliance Green
No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | |||
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Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children (1949–72)[5] | |||||||
1 | Hilda Ross | ![]() |
13 December 1949 | 12 December 1957 | Holland | ||
Holyoake | |||||||
2 | Mabel Howard | ![]() |
12 December 1957 | 2 June 1959 | Nash | ||
- | Philip Skoglund Acting Minister |
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2 June 1959 | 25 August 1959 | |||
(2) | Mabel Howard | ![]() |
25 August 1959 | 12 December 1960 | |||
3 | Norman Shelton | ![]() |
12 December 1960 | 24 January 1962 | Holyoake | ||
4 | Don McKay[6] | ![]() |
24 January 1962 | 9 February 1972 | |||
Minister for Women (1984–present) | |||||||
1 | Ann Hercus[7] | ![]() |
26 July 1984 | 24 August 1987 | Lange | ||
2 | Margaret Shields[8] | ![]() |
24 August 1987 | 2 November 1990 | |||
Palmer | |||||||
Moore | |||||||
3 | Jenny Shipley[9] | ![]() |
2 November 1990 | 12 December 1996 | Bolger | ||
4 | Christine Fletcher[10] | ![]() |
12 December 1996 | 11 September 1997 | |||
(3) | Jenny Shipley | ![]() |
11 September 1997 | 26 August 1998 | |||
Shipley | |||||||
5 | Georgina te Heuheu | ![]() |
26 August 1998 | 10 December 1999 | |||
6 | Laila Harré | ![]() |
10 December 1999 | 15 August 2002 | Clark | ||
7 | Ruth Dyson | ![]() |
15 August 2002 | 19 October 2005 | |||
8 | Lianne Dalziel | ![]() |
19 October 2005 | 5 November 2007 | |||
9 | Stephanie Chadwick | ![]() |
5 November 2007 | 19 November 2008 | |||
10 | Pansy Wong | ![]() |
19 November 2008 | 12 November 2010 | Key | ||
(5) | Georgina te Heuheu acting |
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12 November 2010 | 8 December 2010 | |||
11 | Hekia Parata | ![]() |
8 December 2010 | 13 December 2011 | |||
12 | Jo Goodhew | ![]() |
13 December 2011 | 8 October 2014 | |||
13 | Louise Upston[11] | ![]() |
8 October 2014 | 20 December 2016 | |||
14 | Paula Bennett | ![]() |
20 December 2016 | 26 October 2017 | English | ||
15 | Julie Anne Genter | ![]() |
26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||
16 | Jan Tinetti | ![]() |
6 November 2020 | 27 November 2023 | |||
Hipkins | |||||||
17 | Nicola Grigg | ![]() |
27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||
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