Minister for the Environment (New Zealand)
New Zealand minister of the Crown
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The Minister for the Environment is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the natural environment and the planning system, and is in charge of the Ministry for the Environment.
| Minister for the Environment | |
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| Ministry for the Environment | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
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| Term length | |
| Formation | 9 February 1972 |
| First holder | Duncan MacIntyre |
| Salary | $288,900[1] |
| Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
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The present Minister is Nicola Grigg, a member of the National Party.
Responsibilities
The Minister's responsibilities include the use and protection of the environment, including the management of risks.[2]
Legislation the Minister is responsible for includes:
List of ministers for the environment
- Key
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Prime Minister | |||
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| 1 | Duncan MacIntyre | .jpg) |
9 February 1972 | 8 December 1972 | Marshall | ||
| 2 | Joe Walding |  |
8 December 1972 | 10 September 1974 | Kirk | ||
| 3 | Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan |  |
10 September 1974 | 12 December 1975 | Rowling | ||
| 4 | Venn Young |  |
12 December 1975 | 12 February 1981 | Muldoon | ||
| 5 | Ian Shearer | |
12 February 1981 | 26 July 1984 | |||
| 6 | Russell Marshall |  |
26 July 1984 | 17 February 1986 | Lange | ||
| 7 | Phil Goff |  |
17 February 1986 | 24 August 1987 | |||
| 8 | Geoffrey Palmer |  |
24 August 1987 | 2 November 1990 | |||
| Palmer | |||||||
| Moore | |||||||
| 9 | Simon Upton |  |
2 November 1990 | 3 October 1991 | Bolger | ||
| 10 | Rob Storey | |
3 October 1991 | 29 November 1993 | |||
| (9) | Simon Upton | |
29 November 1993 | 10 December 1999 | |||
| Shipley | |||||||
| 11 | Marian Hobbs |  |
10 December 1999 | 19 October 2005 | Clark | ||
| 12 | David Benson-Pope |  |
19 October 2005 | 27 July 2007 | |||
| – | David Parker
(acting) |
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27 July 2007 | 31 October 2007 | |||
| 13 | Trevor Mallard | .jpg) |
31 October 2007 | 19 November 2008 | |||
| 14 | Nick Smith |  |
19 November 2008 | 21 March 2012 | Key | ||
| – | Chris Finlayson
(acting) |
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21 March 2012 | 2 April 2012 | |||
| 15 | Amy Adams | .jpg) |
3 April 2012 | 6 October 2014 | |||
| (14) | Nick Smith | |
8 October 2014 | 26 October 2017 | |||
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| 16 | David Parker | |
26 October 2017 | 27 November 2023 | Ardern | ||
| Hipkins | |||||||
| 17 | Penny Simmonds | .png) |
27 November 2023 | 7 April 2026 | Luxon | ||
| 18 | Nicola Grigg | .png) |
7 April 2026 | Present | Luxon | ||
