Minister of Finance (New Zealand)
{{Short description|New Zealand minister of the Crown}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
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| incumbent = Nicola Willis
| incumbentsince = 27 November 2023
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| department = The Treasury
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| seat = Wellington
| nominator = Prime Minister
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| formation = 3 May 1841
| first = George Cooper as Colonial Treasurer
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| website = [https://www.beehive.govt.nz/portfolio/Finance www.beehive.govt.nz]
}} {{Politics of New Zealand}}
The minister of Finance ({{langx|mi|Minita mo nga Moni}}), originally known as colonial treasurer, is a minister and the head of the New Zealand Treasury, responsible for producing an annual New Zealand budget outlining the government's proposed expenditure. The position is often considered to be the most important cabinet post after that of the prime minister.{{cite news |last=Clifton |first=Jane |date=19 September 2013 |title=Influentials: Politics |work=New Zealand Listener |url=http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/politics/influentials-politics/ |access-date=15 November 2013}}
The current Minister of Finance is Nicola Willis. There are currently three associate minister roles held by Chris Bishop, David Seymour, and Shane Jones.{{cite web |title=Ministerial List |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-units/cabinet-office/ministers-and-their-portfolios/ministerial-list |access-date=14 June 2022 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}
Responsibilities and powers
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One of the Minister of Finance's key roles involves the framing of the annual year budget. According to Parliament's Standing Orders, the Minister of Finance may veto any parliamentary bill which would have a significant impact on the government's budget plans. The Minister of Finance supervises the Treasury, which is the government's primary advisor on matters of economic and financial policy.{{cite web |title=Ministerial Portfolio: Finance |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/cabinet/portfolios/finance |access-date=29 December 2017 |publisher=The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |language=en-NZ |newspaper=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)}} As such, the Minister of Finance has broad control of the government's spending, making the position quite powerful.
Some analysts, such as Jonathan Boston, claim that the Minister of Finance can sometimes hold more influence than the Prime Minister, if the conditions are right. Gordon Coates, Finance Minister in the early 1930s, was sometimes such a figure. Some political scientists, such as Boston, believe that in the government of David Lange, Minister of Finance Roger Douglas held more power than was proper, and that the Treasury was using its control of government finances to take a supervisory role across the whole administration. It was probably for this reason that Lange's successor, Geoffrey Palmer, established the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, which could offer the Prime Minister advice independent of that given by individual ministers.
History
The office of Minister of Finance has existed since 1841.{{cite book |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d3-d7-d4.html#name-413742-mention |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District |year=1897 |location=Wellington |chapter=Mr. George Cooper |access-date=12 June 2010}} Apart from the office of Prime Minister itself, the only other cabinet posts to have existed since the first cabinet are those of Attorney-General and Minister of Internal Affairs. Originally, the holder of the post was designated "Colonial Treasurer", but this term was replaced with "Minister of Finance" shortly after New Zealand ceased to be a Colony and became a Dominion. This occurred in 1907, during the cabinet of Joseph Ward.
In the past, several Prime Ministers took on the post of Minister of Finance themselves, though in recent times this practice has declined. Robert Muldoon, the last Prime Minister to also serve as his own Minister of Finance, created considerable controversy by doing so. It is more common, however, for a Deputy Prime Minister to serve as Minister of Finance. Bob Tizard, Michael Cullen, Bill English and Grant Robertson served as Deputy Prime Minister when in the position as Minister of Finance.
Traditionally Ministers of Finance rank second or third in seniority lists within Westminster-style Cabinets, although initially Harry Lake was ranked at sixth and his successor Robert Muldoon was ranked at eighth; both because of their short service to date in Parliament, and because Keith Holyoake saw Muldoon as too arrogant and ambitious for his own good. In the Hipkins Cabinet, Grant Robertson was ranked fourth, although he was the most senior minister who was not the prime minister, deputy prime minister, or deputy leader of the Labour Party.
Junior ministerial appointments in the finance portfolio
The convention of making a second, more junior appointment in the Finance portfolio began with Holyoake, who appointed Muldoon as an Assistant Minister to Lake shortly before the latter's death in 1967.{{Cite book |title=Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |publisher=University of Otago Press |year=1996 |isbn=1-877133-00-0 |editor-last=Wood |editor-first=G.A. |edition=2nd |location=Dunedin}} Some successive Prime Ministers made similar appointments of an Associate Minister of Finance (for example, Marshall and Kirk) but this was not always done (Rowling, for example, who had Mick Connelly as his associate while serving as Finance Minister did not appoint an associate Minister after succeeding to the premiership in 1974). Associate appointments became standard when Muldoon served concurrently as both Prime Minister and Finance Minister.{{Cite book |last=Easton |first=Dr Brian |title=The Commercialisation of New Zealand |publisher=University of Auckland Press |year=1997 |isbn=1869401735 |location=Auckland |pages=74}} In his second term, Muldoon appointed both a Deputy Minister of Finance (Hugh Templeton) as well as an associate Minister (Derek Quigley). Muldoon's successors Lange and Palmer continued to have a three-strong Finance team, each appointing two associate Ministers to support their respective Ministers of Finance. At times, the appointment of associate ministers was intended to temper the reform ambitions of Roger Douglas.
In the coalition governments formed in 1996, 2017 and 2023, responsibility for Finance was shared between the parties. After the 1996 elections, the role of the Minister of Finance was formally split between two portfolios – that of Minister of Finance and that of Treasurer. The position of Treasurer was senior to that of the Minister of Finance, and was created as part of the coalition agreement between the National Party and New Zealand First. It was established especially for Winston Peters, leader of New Zealand First, who demanded it as part of the deal. When Peters ended the coalition, the position reverted to the National Party. After the change of government in 1999, both positions were held concurrently by Michael Cullen before they were combined into the old Minister of Finance portfolio in 2002.{{Cite book |title=Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament: 1996-2005 |publisher=Tarkwode Press |year=2006 |isbn=0-9597868-2-1 |editor-last=Spanhake |editor-first=Craig |location=Dunedin}} Associate Finance roles were won in coalition negotiations by New Zealand First, the Green Party and ACT New Zealand in the formation of both the Sixth Labour Government and the Sixth National Government.
List of finance ministers
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{{legend inline|{{party color|Independent politician}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend inline|{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}|Liberal|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend inline|{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}|Reform|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend inline|{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}|United|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend inline|{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}|Labour|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend inline|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}|National|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |No. !Name !Portrait ! colspan="2" |Term of office ! colspan="2" |Prime Minister |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!1 |5 January 1840 |9 May 1842 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | rowspan="2" |none |
|---|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!2 |9 May 1842 |7 May 1856 |
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!3 |7 May 1856 |20 May 1856 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!4 |20 May 1856 |2 June 1856 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |Fox |
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!5 |2 June 1856 |4 November 1856 | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | rowspan="4" |Stafford |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!6 |4 November 1856 |25 February 1859 |
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!(5) |25 February 1859 |26 April 1859 |
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!(6) |26 April 1859 |12 July 1861 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!7 |12 July 1861 |6 August 1862 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |Fox |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!(3) |6 August 1862 |21 August 1862 | style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | rowspan="2" |Domett |
| height="15" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
! rowspan="2" |(7) | rowspan="2" |Reader Wood | rowspan="2" |102x102px | rowspan="2" |21 August 1862 | rowspan="2" |24 November 1864 | style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!8 |24 November 1864 |16 October 1865 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |Weld |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!9 |31 October 1865 |12 June 1866 | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | rowspan="3" |Stafford |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!10 |12 June 1866 |24 August 1866 |
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!(8) |24 August 1866 |28 June 1869 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!11 |28 June 1869 |10 September 1872 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |Fox |
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!12 |10 September 1872 |11 October 1872 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
! rowspan="3" |(11) | rowspan="3" |Julius Vogel | rowspan="3" |98x98px | rowspan="3" |11 October 1872 | rowspan="3" |6 July 1875 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|Fox |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
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!13 |6 July 1875 |15 February 1876 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
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!(11) |15 February 1876 |1 September 1876 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
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!(13) |1 September 1876 |13 October 1877 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!14 |15 October 1877 |5 March 1878 | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | rowspan="3" |Grey |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
!15 |12 March 1878 |1 July 1879 |
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!16 |10 July 1879 |8 October 1879 |
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
! rowspan="3" |(13) | rowspan="3" |Harry Atkinson | rowspan="3" |103x103px | rowspan="3" |8 October 1879 | rowspan="3" |16 August 1884 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |Hall |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
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!(11) |16 August 1884 3 September 1884 |28 August 1884 8 October 1887 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
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!(13) |8 October 1887 |24 January 1891 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" |
!(15) |24 January 1891 |27 April 1893 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" |
!17 |1 May 1893 |16 June 1896 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Seddon |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" |
!18 |16 June 1896 |10 June 1906 |
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!19 |21 June 1906 |6 August 1906 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" |
!(17) |6 August 1906 |28 March 1912 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" | |Ward |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" |
!20 |28 March 1912 |10 July 1912 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" |
!21 |10 July 1912 |12 August 1915 | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" | | rowspan="4" |Massey |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}" |
!(17) |12 August 1915 |21 August 1919 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" |
!(21) |4 September 1919 |28 April 1920 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" |
!22 |12 May 1920 |10 May 1925 |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" |
! rowspan="2" |23 | rowspan="2" |William Nosworthy | rowspan="2" |104x104px | rowspan="2" |14 May 1925 | rowspan="2" |24 May 1926 | height="40" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" | |Bell |
| height="50" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |Coates |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" |
!24 |24 May 1926 |10 December 1928 | height="36" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}" |
!(17) |10 December 1928 |28 May 1930 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}" | |Ward |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}" |
!25 |28 May 1930 |22 September 1931 | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}" | | rowspan="3" |Forbes |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" |
!(24) |22 September 1931 |28 January 1933 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}" |
!26 |28 January 1933 |6 December 1935 |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |27 | rowspan="2" |Walter Nash | rowspan="2" |101x101px | rowspan="2" |6 December 1935 | rowspan="2" |13 December 1949 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!28 |13 December 1949 |26 November 1954 | style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Holland |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |29 | rowspan="2" |Jack Watts | rowspan="2" |107x107px | rowspan="2" |26 November 1954 | rowspan="2" |12 December 1957 | height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| height="15" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!30 |12 December 1957 |12 December 1960 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |Nash |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!31 |12 December 1960 |21 February 1967 | style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Holyoake |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |32 | rowspan="2" |Robert Muldoon | rowspan="2" |105x105px | rowspan="2" |4 March 1967 | rowspan="2" |8 December 1972 | height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| height="15" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!33 |8 December 1972 |6 September 1974 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |Kirk |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!34 |6 September 1974 |12 December 1975 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!(32) |12 December 1975 |26 July 1984 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!35 |26 July 1984 |14 December 1988 | style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Lange |
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
! rowspan="3" |36 | rowspan="3" |David Caygill | rowspan="3" |99x99px | rowspan="3" |14 December 1988 | rowspan="3" |2 November 1990 | height="36" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!37 |2 November 1990 |29 November 1993 | style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Bolger |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |38 | rowspan="2" |Bill Birch | rowspan="2" |102x102px | rowspan="2" |29 November 1993 | rowspan="2" |1 February 1999 | height="50" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
| rowspan="3" |Shipley |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!39 |1 February 1999 |22 June 1999 | rowspan="2" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
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!(38) |22 June 1999 |10 December 1999 |
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!40 |10 December 1999 |19 November 2008 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!(39) |19 November 2008 |12 December 2016 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |Key |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!41 |12 December 2016 |26 October 2017 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| height="70" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |42 | rowspan="2" |Grant Robertson | rowspan="2" |94x94px | rowspan="2" |26 October 2017 | rowspan="2" |27 November 2023 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
| height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
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| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!43 |27 November 2023 |Incumbent | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
List of treasurers
; Key
{{legend inline|{{party color|New Zealand First}}|NZ First|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend inline|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}|National|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend inline|{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}|Labour|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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! colspan="2" |No. !Name !Portrait ! colspan="2" |Term of office ! colspan="2" |Prime Minister |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand First}}" |
! rowspan="2" |1 | rowspan="2" |Winston Peters | rowspan="2" |102x102px | rowspan="2" |16 December 1996 | rowspan="2" |14 August 1998 | width="1" height="50" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
|---|
| height="50" style="border-style: solid solid none solid; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
| rowspan="3" |Shipley |
| height="36" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!2 |14 August 1998 |22 June 1999 | rowspan="2" style="border-style: none solid solid solid; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!3 |22 June 1999 |10 December 1999 |
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!4 |10 December 1999 |15 August 2002 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
List of junior ministerial appointments in the finance portfolio
; Key
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| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |# !Name !Title !Start !End ! colspan="2" |Minister of Finance ! colspan="2" |Prime Minister |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!1 |Minister Assistant to the Minister of Finance |15 February 1967 |4 March 1967 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |Lake | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Holyoake |
|---|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!2 |Associate Minister of Finance |22 December 1969 |9 February 1972 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Muldoon |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!3 |Associate Minister of Finance |9 February 1972 |8 December 1972 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!4 |Associate Minister of Finance |8 December 1972 |10 September 1974 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |Kirk |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!(3) |Deputy Minister of Finance |12 December 1975 |8 March 1977 | rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="7" |Muldoon | rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="7" |Muldoon |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!4 |Associate Minister of Finance |12 December 1975 |8 March 1977 |
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |5 | rowspan="2" |Hugh Templeton |Associate Minister of Finance |8 March 1977 |13 December 1978 |
| Deputy Minister of Finance
|13 December 1978 |11 December 1981 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!6 |Associate Minister of Finance |13 December 1978 |12 February 1981 |
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!7 |Associate Minister of Finance |12 February 1981 |11 December 1981 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" |
!8 |Associate Minister of Finance |11 December 1981 |26 July 1984 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!9 |Associate Minister of Finance |26 July 1984 |24 August 1987 | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="4" |Douglas | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="4" |Lange |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!10 |Associate Minister of Finance |26 July 1984 |24 August 1987 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!11 |Associate Minister of Finance |24 August 1987 |12 September 1988 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
!12 |Associate Minister of Finance |24 August 1987 |12 September 1988 |
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!13 |Associate Minister of Finance |24 August 1987 |2 November 1990 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
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!(10) |Deputy Minister of Finance |12 September 1988 |14 December 1988 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
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!14 |Deputy Minister of Finance |12 September 1988 |9 February 1990 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
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!15 |Deputy Minister of Finance |14 August 1989 |9 February 1990 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
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!16 |Associate Minister of Finance |2 November 1990 |3 October 1991 | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="4" |Richardson | rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="8" |Bolger |
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!17 |Associate Minister of Finance |2 November 1990 |27 March 1993 |
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!18 |Associate Minister of Finance |3 October 1991 |29 November 1993 |
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!19 |Associate Minister of Finance |27 March 1993 |29 November 1993 |
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!(18) |Deputy Minister of Finance |29 November 1993 |1 March 1996 | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |Birch |
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!20 |Associate Minister of Finance |29 November 1993 |29 June 1995 |
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!21 |Deputy Minister of Finance |1 March 1996 |16 December 1996 |
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! rowspan="3" |22 | rowspan="3" |Tuariki Delamere | rowspan="3" |Associate Treasurer | rowspan="3" |16 December 1996 | rowspan="3" |31 August 1998 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand First}}" | | rowspan="2" |Peters (Treasurer) |
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| rowspan="5" |Shipley |
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| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Birch (Treasurer) |
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!23 |Associate Treasurer |31 August 1998 |1 February 1999 |
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!(21) |Associate Minister of Finance |31 August 1998 |10 December 1999 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | |
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!(22) |Associate Minister of Finance |31 August 1998 |10 December 1999 |
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!24 |Associate Minister of Finance |10 December 1999 |19 November 2008 | rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="5" |Cullen | rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="5" |Clark |
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!25 |Associate Minister of Finance |13 November 2000 |19 May 2003 |
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!26 |Associate Minister of Finance |19 May 2003 |19 October 2005 |
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!27 |Associate Minister of Finance |19 October 2005 |19 November 2008 |
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!28 |Associate Minister of Finance |19 October 2005 |19 November 2008 |
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!29 |Associate Minister of Finance |19 November 2008 |14 December 2011 | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="4" |English | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="4" |Key |
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!30 |Associate Minister of Finance |19 November 2008 |20 December 2016 |
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!31 |Associate Minister of Finance |14 December 2011 |8 October 2014 |
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!32 |Associate Minister of Finance |8 October 2014 |20 December 2016 |
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!33 |Associate Minister of Finance |20 December 2016 |26 October 2017 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Joyce | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |English |
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!34 |Associate Minister of Finance |20 December 2016 |26 October 2017 |
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!35 |Associate Minister of Finance |26 October 2017 |7 April 2020 | rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="9" |Robertson | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |Ardern |
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!36 |Associate Minister of Finance |26 October 2017 |6 November 2020 |
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!37 |Associate Minister of Finance |26 October 2017 |6 November 2020 |
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!38 |Associate Minister of Finance |26 October 2017 |27 November 2023 | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | |
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!39 |Associate Minister of Finance |6 November 2020 |27 November 2023 |
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!40 |Associate Minister of Finance |14 June 2022 |1 February 2023 |
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!41 |Associate Minister of Finance |1 February 2023 |21 June 2023 | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |Hipkins |
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!(40) |Associate Minister of Finance |21 June 2023 |24 July 2023 |
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!42 |Associate Minister of Finance |24 July 2023 |27 November 2023 |
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!43 |Associate Minister of Finance |27 November 2023 |Incumbent | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |Willis | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}" | | rowspan="3" |Luxon |
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!44 |Associate Minister of Finance |27 November 2023 |Incumbent |
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!(36) |Associate Minister of Finance |27 November 2023 |Incumbent |
References
External links
{{Commons category|Ministers of Finance of New Zealand}}
- [http://www.treasury.govt.nz/ New Zealand Treasury]
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