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Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology

{{Short description|New Zealand minister of the Crown}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

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| incumbent = Shane Reti

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| first = Gordon Coates

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| salary = $288,900{{Cite web| title=Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016 | url=https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221011740/https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf | archive-date=2016-12-21}}

| website = [https://www.beehive.govt.nz/portfolio/labour-led-government-2017-2020/research-science-and-innovation www.beehive.govt.nz]

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{{Politics of New Zealand}}

The Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The minister's responsibilities include leading the science and innovation system and setting the direction for government investment.{{Cite web |title=Research, Science and Innovation |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/cabinet/portfolios/research-science-and-innovation |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Research, Science and Innovation |date=12 October 2017 |language=en-NZ}}

The minister has oversight of the Crown Research Institutes, Callaghan Innovation, the Health Research Council of New Zealand, the Marsden Fund Council and the Royal Society of New Zealand. The portfolio is serviced by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

The current minister is Shane Reti.{{cite web|title=Ministerial List|url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-units/cabinet-office/ministers-and-their-portfolios/ministerial-list|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|accessdate=14 June 2022}}

History

The portfolio was established in 1926, partway through the final term of the Reform government, as Minister in Charge of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. The first minister was the prime minister, Gordon Coates. The establishment of the portfolio accompanied the creation of the eponymous department.

The portfolio title has changed several times since its establishment. In 1963, the portfolio was renamed Minister of Science.{{Cite book |last=Wood |first=G. A. |title=Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |publisher=University of Otago Press |year=1996 |isbn=1-877133-00-0 |edition=2nd |location=Dunedin |pages=51}} A subsequent name change to Minister of Science and Technology occurred in 1975.{{Cite book |last=Wood |first=G. A. |title=Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |publisher=University of Otago Press |year=1996 |isbn=1-877133-00-0 |edition=2nd |location=Dunedin |pages=60}} The title Minister of Research, Science and Technology was used from 1989 to 2011,{{Cite book |last=Wood |first=G. A. |title=Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |publisher=University of Otago Press |year=1996 |isbn=1-877133-00-0 |edition=2nd |location=Dunedin |pages=72}} when the portfolio became Minister of Science and Innovation to align with the short-lived Ministry of Science and Innovation.

The title Minister of Research, Science and Innovation commenced from 2017 until 2023 when changed to Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Research, Science and Innovation.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=90–97}}

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class="wikitable"
colspan=2|No.

! Name

! Portrait

! colspan=2|Term of office

! colspan=30|Prime Minister

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"|

! 1

| Gordon Coates

| 75px

| 1 September 1926

| 10 December 1928

| width=1 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"|

| Coates

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! 2

| Harry Atmore

| 75px

| 10 December 1928

| 28 May 1930

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}"|

| Ward

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! 3

| George Forbes

| 75px

| 28 May 1930

| 6 December 1935

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}"|

| Forbes

height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|

! rowspan=2|4

| rowspan=2|Dan Sullivan

| rowspan=2|75px

| rowspan=2|6 December 1935

| rowspan=2|8 April 1947

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"|

| Savage

height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|

| style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"|

| rowspan=3|Fraser

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! 5

| Arnold Nordmeyer

| 75px

| 29 May 1947

| 18 October 1947

| rowspan=2 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"|

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! 6

| Terry McCombs

| 75px

| 18 October 1947

| 13 December 1949

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! 7

| Keith Holyoake

| 75px

| 13 December 1949

| 26 June 1951

| rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}};"|

| rowspan=3|Holland

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! 8

| Clifton Webb

| 75px

| 26 June 1951

| 25 September 1951

height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

! rowspan=2 | 9

| rowspan=2 | Ronald Algie

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | 25 September 1951

| rowspan=2 | 12 December 1957

height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

| Holyoake

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! 10

| Phil Holloway

| 75px

| 12 December 1957

| 12 December 1960

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|

| Nash

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! 11

| Blair Tennent

| 75px

| 12 December 1960

| 20 December 1963

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

| rowspan=2 | Holyoake

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! 12

| Brian Talboys

| 75px

| 20 December 1963

| 9 February 1972

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! 13

| Les Gandar

| 75px

| 9 February 1972

| 8 December 1972

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

| Marshall

rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|

! rowspan=2|14

| rowspan=2|Colin Moyle

| rowspan=2|75px

| rowspan=2|8 December 1972

| rowspan=2|12 December 1975

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|

| Kirk

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| Rowling

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! (13)

| Les Gandar

| 75px

| 12 December 1975

| 13 December 1978

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| rowspan=3|Muldoon

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! 15

| Bill Birch

| 75px

| 13 December 1978

| 12 February 1981

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! 16

| Ian Shearer

| 75px

| 12 February 1981

| 26 July 1984

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! rowspan=2|17

| rowspan=2|Bob Tizard

| rowspan=2|75px

| rowspan=2|26 July 1984

| rowspan=2|9 February 1990

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"|

| Lange

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| style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"|

| rowspan=2|Palmer

rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|

! rowspan=2|18

| rowspan=2|Margaret Austin

| rowspan=2|75px

| rowspan=2|9 February 1990

| rowspan=2|2 November 1990

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| Moore

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! 19

| Simon Upton

| 75px

| 2 November 1990

| 16 December 1996

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

| rowspan=2 | Bolger

height=14 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

! rowspan=2 | 20

| rowspan=2 | Maurice Williamson

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | 16 December 1996

| rowspan=2 | 10 December 1999

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| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

| Shipley

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! 21

| Pete Hodgson

| 75px

| 10 December 1999

| 21 December 2004

| rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|

| rowspan=3|Clark

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! 22

| Steve Maharey

| 75px

| 21 December 2004

| 31 October 2007

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! (21)

| Pete Hodgson

| 75px

| 5 November 2007

| 19 November 2008

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! 23

| Wayne Mapp

| 75px

| 19 November 2008

| 30 November 2011

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| rowspan=2 | Key

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! 24

| Steven Joyce

| 75px

| 30 November 2011

| 20 December 2016

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! 25

| Paul Goldsmith

| 75px

| 20 December 2016

| 26 October 2017

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| English

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! 26

| Megan Woods

| 75px

| 26 October 2017

| 14 June 2022

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| rowspan=2 | Ardern

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! rowspan="2" | 27

| rowspan="2" | Ayesha Verrall

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | 14 June 2022

| rowspan="2" | 27 November 2023

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| Hipkins

colspan=8 | Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology
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! 28

| Judith Collins

| 75px

| 27 November 2023

| 24 January 2025

| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|

| rowspan="2" | Luxon

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! 29

| Shane Reti

| 75px

| 24 January 2025

| present

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V R Ward, Government Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 }}
  • {{cite book |last= Wood |first= G. A. |title= Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |edition= 2 |orig-year= 1987 |year= 1996 |publisher= University of Otago Press |location= Dunedin |isbn= 1-877133-00-0}}

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