The Minister for Women is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the rights and interests of the country's female citizens. It has been a post in all New Zealand governments since 1984.[2] The Minister leads the Ministry for Women.
Minister for Women | |
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since 27 November 2023 | |
Ministry for Women | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Ann Hercus |
Formation | 26 July 1984 |
Salary | $288,900[1] |
Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government on 26 July 1984 preceding the creation of the ministry. It was split from the Social Welfare portfolio after a recommendation from Advisory Committee on Women's Affairs.[3] Holders of the post were known as the Minister for Women's Affairs until December 2014, with the department known as the Ministry of Women's Affairs.[4] There had been a previous ministerial post from 1949 to 1972 adjunct to the Social Security portfolio titled Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children with a similar brief.[5]
Ministers for Women
editThe following ministers have held the office:
- Key
Labour National Alliance Green
No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | |||
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Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children (1949–72)[5] | |||||||
1 | Hilda Ross | 13 December 1949 | 12 December 1957 | Holland | |||
Holyoake | |||||||
2 | Mabel Howard | 12 December 1957 | 2 June 1959 | Nash | |||
- | Philip Skoglund Acting Minister |
2 June 1959 | 25 August 1959 | ||||
(2) | Mabel Howard | 25 August 1959 | 12 December 1960 | ||||
3 | Norman Shelton | 12 December 1960 | 24 January 1962 | Holyoake | |||
4 | Don McKay[6] | 24 January 1962 | 9 February 1972 | ||||
Minister for Women (1984–present) | |||||||
1 | Ann Hercus[7] | 26 July 1984 | 24 August 1987 | Lange | |||
2 | Margaret Shields[8] | 24 August 1987 | 2 November 1990 | ||||
Palmer | |||||||
Moore | |||||||
3 | Jenny Shipley[9] | 2 November 1990 | 12 December 1996 | Bolger | |||
4 | Christine Fletcher[10] | 12 December 1996 | 11 September 1997 | ||||
(3) | Jenny Shipley | 11 September 1997 | 26 August 1998 | ||||
Shipley | |||||||
5 | Georgina te Heuheu | 26 August 1998 | 10 December 1999 | ||||
6 | Laila Harré | 10 December 1999 | 15 August 2002 | Clark | |||
7 | Ruth Dyson | 15 August 2002 | 19 October 2005 | ||||
8 | Lianne Dalziel | 19 October 2005 | 5 November 2007 | ||||
9 | Stephanie Chadwick | 5 November 2007 | 19 November 2008 | ||||
10 | Pansy Wong | 19 November 2008 | 12 November 2010 | Key | |||
(5) | Georgina te Heuheu acting
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12 November 2010 | 8 December 2010 | ||||
11 | Hekia Parata | 8 December 2010 | 13 December 2011 | ||||
12 | Jo Goodhew | 13 December 2011 | 8 October 2014 | ||||
13 | Louise Upston[11] | 8 October 2014 | 20 December 2016 | ||||
14 | Paula Bennett | 20 December 2016 | 26 October 2017 | English | |||
15 | Julie Anne Genter | 26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | |||
16 | Jan Tinetti | 6 November 2020 | 27 November 2023 | ||||
Hipkins | |||||||
17 | Nicola Grigg | 27 November 2023 | present | Luxon |
Notes
edit- ^ Parliamentary salaries and allowances determination 2016 parliament.nz
- ^ "Minister of Women's Affairs — Ministry of Women's Affairs". mwa.govt.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Senior Woman Takes on Heavy Load". The New Zealand Herald. 31 July 1984. p. 20.
- ^ "Ministry for Women". 1 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 133.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates: House of Representatives. New Zealand Parliament. p. 3532. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
The Hon. Don McKay has served for 18 years as a member, and has been Minister of Health, Minister of Social Security, Minister in Charge of the Child Welfare Division, and Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children.
- ^ Wood 1996, p. 66.
- ^ Wood 1996, pp. 68, 73.
- ^ Wood 1996, pp. 77, 80.
- ^ Wood 1996, pp. 78, 81.
- ^ "Ministerial List". DPMC. 14 December 2015.
References
edit- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.