Minister of Police (New Zealand)

The Minister of Police is the minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the New Zealand Police.

Minister of Police
Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand Police
Incumbent Mark Mitchell since 27 November 2023
New Zealand Police
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	25 February 1896
First holder	Thomas Thompson
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The current officeholder is Mark Mitchell.

History

Initially, responsibility for the police force had rested with the Minister of Defence but was instead allocated to the Minister of Justice in 1896.^[2] The minister responsible for police was, for the most part, the holder of either aforementioned office until it was later split into a separate full ministerial portfolio in 1969.

List of Police Ministers

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

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National   NZ First   Mauri Pacific

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Thomas Thompson		25 February 1896	23 January 1900		Seddon
	2	James McGowan		23 January 1900	6 January 1909
							Hall-Jones
							Ward
	3	John Findlay		6 January 1909	26 December 1911
	4	Josiah Hanan		28 March 1912	10 July 1912		Mackenzie
	5	Alexander Herdman		10 July 1912	4 February 1918		Massey
	6	Thomas Wilford		4 February 1918	25 August 1919
	7	William Massey		4 September 1919	3 April 1920
	8	Ernest Lee		3 April 1920	13 January 1923
	9	Francis Bell		13 January 1923	27 June 1923
	10	James Parr		27 June 1923	18 January 1926
							Bell
							Coates
	11	Frank Rolleston		18 January 1926	26 November 1928
	12	William Downie Stewart Jr		26 November 1928	10 December 1928
	(6)	Thomas Wilford		10 December 1928	10 December 1929		Ward
	13	John Cobbe		18 December 1929	6 December 1935
							Forbes
	14	Peter Fraser		6 December 1935	13 December 1949		Savage
							Fraser
	15	Sidney Holland		13 December 1949	18 January 1950		Holland
	16	Wilfred Fortune		18 January 1950	26 November 1954
	(15)	Sidney Holland		26 November 1954	7 December 1956
	17	Dean Eyre		7 December 1956	12 December 1957
							Holyoake
	18	Phil Connolly		12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
	(17)	Dean Eyre		12 December 1960	20 December 1963		Holyoake
	19	Percy Allen		20 December 1963	22 December 1969
	20	David Thomson		22 December 1969	9 February 1972
	(17)	Percy Allen		9 February 1972	8 December 1972		Marshall
	21	Mick Connelly		8 December 1972	12 December 1975		Kirk
							Rowling
	22	Allan McCready		12 December 1975	13 December 1978		Muldoon
	23	Frank Gill		13 December 1978	21 August 1980
	24	Ben Couch		21 August 1980	26 July 1984
	25	Ann Hercus		26 July 1984	16 September 1987		Lange
	26	Peter Tapsell		16 September 1987	8 August 1989
	27	Roger Douglas		8 August 1989	10 July 1990		Palmer
	28	Richard Prebble		10 July 1990	2 November 1990
							Moore
	29	John Banks		2 November 1990	2 March 1994		Bolger
	30	John Luxton		2 March 1994	16 December 1996
	31	Jack Elder		16 December 1996	31 August 1998
							Shipley
	32	Clem Simich		31 August 1998	10 December 1999
	33	George Hawkins		10 December 1999	19 October 2005		Clark
	34	Annette King		19 October 2005	19 November 2008
	35	Judith Collins		19 November 2008	12 December 2011		Key
	36	Anne Tolley		12 December 2011	7 October 2014
	37	Michael Woodhouse		8 October 2014	14 December 2015
	(35)	Judith Collins		14 December 2015	20 December 2016
	38	Paula Bennett		20 December 2016	26 October 2017		English
	39	Stuart Nash		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	40	Poto Williams		6 November 2020	14 June 2022
	41	Chris Hipkins		14 June 2022	25 January 2023
	(39)	Stuart Nash		1 February 2023	15 March 2023		Hipkins
	-	Megan Woods acting minister		15 March 2023	20 March 2023
	42	Ginny Andersen		20 March 2023	27 November 2023
	43	Mark Mitchell		27 November 2023	present		Luxon

Notes

1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
2. "The Cabinet". The Star. No. 5498. 25 February 1896. p. 3.
3. Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97, 127.

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.

External links

• New Zealand Police