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Minister of Transport (New Zealand)

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

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2023}}

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| incumbent = Chris Bishop

| incumbentsince = 24 January 2025

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| department = Ministry of Transport

| style = The Honourable

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| reports_to = Prime Minister of New Zealand

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| appointer = Governor-General of New Zealand

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| termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure

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| formation = 10 December 1928

| first = Bill Veitch

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{{Politics of New Zealand}}

The Minister of Transport is a minister in the New Zealand Government responsible for investment in transport infrastructure and services, regulation, and developing the transport system to maximise economic and social benefits while minimising harm.{{cite web |title=Ministerial portfolio Transport |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/cabinet/portfolios/transport |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |access-date=29 November 2023}}

Ministers of Transport

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Transport.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103 |pages=80–97}}

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class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" | No.

! Name

! Portrait

! colspan="2" | Term of Office

! colspan="2" | Prime Minister

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

! 1

| Bill Veitch

| 75px

| 10 December 1928

| 28 May 1930

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

| Ward

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

! 2

| William Taverner

| 75px

| 28 May 1930

| 22 September 1931

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

| rowspan=2|Forbes

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

! 3

| Gordon Coates

| 75px

| 22 September 1931

| 6 December 1935

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

! rowspan=2|4

| rowspan=2|Bob Semple

| rowspan=2|75px

| rowspan=2|6 December 1935

| rowspan=2|9 December 1942

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

| Savage

height=15 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

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

! 5

| James O'Brien

| 75px

| 9 December 1942

| 28 September 1947†

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

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

! 6

| Fred Hackett

| 75px

| 18 October 1947

| 13 December 1949

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

! rowspan=2|7

| rowspan=2|Stan Goosman

| rowspan=2|75px

| rowspan=2|13 December 1949

| rowspan=2|12 December 1957

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

| Holland

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

| Holyoake

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

! 8

| John Mathison

| 75px

| 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}}"|

! 9

| John McAlpine

| 75px

| 12 December 1960

| 12 December 1966

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

| rowspan="2" | Holyoake

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

! rowspan="2" | 10

| rowspan="2" | Peter Gordon

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | 12 December 1966

| rowspan="2" | 8 December 1972

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}}"|

| Marshall

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

! rowspan=2|11

| rowspan=2|Sir Basil Arthur

| rowspan=2|75px

| rowspan=2|8 December 1972

| rowspan=2|12 December 1975

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

| Kirk

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

| Rowling

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

! 12

| Colin McLachlan

| 75px

| 12 December 1975

| 11 December 1981

| 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}}"|

! 13

| George Gair

| 75px

| 11 December 1981

| 26 July 1984

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

! 14

| Richard Prebble

| 75px

| 26 July 1984

| 24 August 1987

| 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|15

| rowspan=3|Bill Jeffries

| rowspan=3|75px

| rowspan=3|24 August 1987

| 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}}"|

| Palmer

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

| Moore

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

! 16

| Rob Storey

| 75px

| 2 November 1990

| 29 November 1993

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

| rowspan=3| Bolger

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

! 17

| Maurice Williamson

| 75px

| 29 November 1993

| 16 December 1996

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

! 18

| Jenny Shipley

| 75px

| 16 December 1996

| 8 December 1997

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

! (17)

| Maurice Williamson

| 75px

| 8 December 1997

| 10 December 1999

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

| Shipley

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

! 19

| Mark Gosche

| 75px

| 10 December 1999

| 27 July 2002

| rowspan=5 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|

| rowspan=5| Clark

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

! 20

| Paul Swain

| 75px

| 27 July 2002

| 26 February 2004

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

! 21

| Pete Hodgson

| 75px

| 26 February 2004

| 19 October 2005

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

! 22

| David Parker

| 75px

| 19 October 2005

| 21 March 2006

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

! 23

| Annette King

| 75px

| 21 March 2006

| 19 November 2008

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

! 24

| Steven Joyce

| 75px

| 19 November 2008

| 12 December 2011

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

| rowspan="3" | Key

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

! 25

| Gerry Brownlee

| 75px

| 12 December 2011

| 6 October 2014

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

! rowspan="2" | 26

| rowspan="2" | Simon Bridges

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | 6 October 2014

| rowspan="2" | 26 October 2017

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}}"|

| English

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

! 27

| Phil Twyford

| 75px

| 26 October 2017

| 6 November 2020

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

| rowspan=2|Ardern

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

! rowspan="2" | 28

| rowspan="2" | Michael Wood

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | 6 November 2020

| rowspan="2" | 21 June 2023

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

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

| rowspan=2|Hipkins

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! (22)

| David Parker

| 75px

| 21 June 2023

| 27 November 2023

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

! 29

| Simeon Brown

| 75px

| 27 November 2023

| 24 January 2025

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

| rowspan="2" | Luxon

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

! 30

| Chris Bishop

| 75px

| 24 January 2025

| present

References

{{Reflist}}

{{NZ ministerial portfolios}}

Category:Lists of government ministers of New Zealand

Category:Transport in New Zealand