Minister of Police (New Zealand)

The Minister of Police is the minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the New Zealand Police.

The current officeholder is Mark Mitchell.

History

Initially, responsibility for the police force had rested with the Minister of Defence but was instead allocated to the Minister of Justice in 1896. The minister responsible for police was, for the most part, the holder of either aforementioned office until it was later split into a separate full ministerial portfolio in 1969.

List of Police Ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Police.Template:Sfn

Key

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	1	Thomas Thompson	File:Thomas Thompson, 1884.jpg	25 February 1896	23 January 1900	style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|	Seddon
rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	2	James McGowan	File:James McGowan, 1908.jpg	23 January 1900	6 January 1909	height=40 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|						Hall-Jones
height=40 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|						Ward
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	3	John Findlay	File:John George Findlay.jpg	6 January 1909	26 December 1911		style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	4	Josiah Hanan	File:Josiah Alfred Hanan, ca 1908.jpg	28 March 1912	10 July 1912	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Mackenzie
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	5	Alexander Herdman	File:Alexander Herdman.jpg	10 July 1912	4 February 1918	rowspan=5 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|	Massey
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	6	Thomas Wilford	File:Thomas Wilford, 1928.jpg	4 February 1918	25 August 1919
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	7	William Massey	File:William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg	4 September 1919	3 April 1920
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	8	Ernest Lee	File:Ernest Lee.jpg	3 April 1920	13 January 1923
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	9	Francis Bell	File:Francis Bell.jpg	13 January 1923	27 June 1923
rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	10	James Parr	File:James Parr.jpg	27 June 1923	18 January 1926	height=40 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|						Bell
height=40 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|						Coates
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	11	Frank Rolleston	File:Frank Rolleston.jpg	18 January 1926	26 November 1928		rowspan=2 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	12	William Downie Stewart Jr	File:William Downie Stewart.jpg	26 November 1928	10 December 1928
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	(6)	Thomas Wilford	File:Thomas Wilford, 1928.jpg	10 December 1928	10 December 1929	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Ward
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|	13	John Cobbe	File:John George Cobbe.jpg	18 December 1929	6 December 1935
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|						style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Forbes
rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	14	Peter Fraser	File:Peter Fraser.jpg	6 December 1935	13 December 1949	width=1 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Savage
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|						Fraser
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	15	Sidney Holland	File:Sidney George Holland (1953) 2.png	13 December 1949	18 January 1950	rowspan=4 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Holland
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	16	Wilfred Fortune	File:Wilfred Fortune 1950.jpg	18 January 1950	26 November 1954
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	(15)	Sidney Holland	File:Sidney George Holland (1953) 2.png	26 November 1954	7 December 1956
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|	17	Dean Eyre	File:Dean Eyre.jpg	7 December 1956	12 December 1957
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|						style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Holyoake
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	18	Phil Connolly	File:Phil Connolly.jpg	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Nash
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	(17)	Dean Eyre	File:Dean Eyre.jpg	12 December 1960	20 December 1963	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Holyoake
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	19	Percy Allen	File:Percy Allen.jpg	20 December 1963	22 December 1969
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	20	David Thomson	File:David Spence Thomson.jpg	22 December 1969	9 February 1972
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	(17)	Percy Allen	File:Percy Allen.jpg	9 February 1972	8 December 1972	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Marshall
rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	21	Mick Connelly	File:Mick Connelly MP.jpg	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Kirk
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|						Rowling
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	22	Allan McCready	File:Allan McCready.jpg	12 December 1975	13 December 1978	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Muldoon
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	23	Frank Gill	File:Frank Gill (crop).jpg	13 December 1978	21 August 1980
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	24	Ben Couch	File:No image.png	21 August 1980	26 July 1984
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	25	Ann Hercus	File:Ann Hercus.jpg	26 July 1984	16 September 1987	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Lange
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	26	Peter Tapsell	File:Peter Tapsell (cropped).jpg	16 September 1987	8 August 1989
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	27	Roger Douglas	File:Roger Douglas, 1996 (cropped).png	8 August 1989	10 July 1990	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Palmer
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|	28	Richard Prebble	File:Richard Prebble, 1993 (cropped).jpg	10 July 1990	2 November 1990
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"|						style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Moore
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	29	John Banks	File:John Banks.jpg	2 November 1990	2 March 1994	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Bolger
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	30	John Luxton	File:John Luxton (cropped).jpg	2 March 1994	16 December 1996
height=50 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	31	Jack Elder	File:No image.png	16 December 1996	31 August 1998
height=50 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|						rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Shipley
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	32	Clem Simich	File:Clem Simich QSO (cropped).jpg	31 August 1998	10 December 1999
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	33	George Hawkins	File:George Hawkins.jpg	10 December 1999	19 October 2005	rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Clark
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	34	Annette King	File:Annette King at Onslow Kindergarten.jpg	19 October 2005	19 November 2008
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	35	Judith Collins	File:The Honourable Judith Collins MP.jpg	19 November 2008	12 December 2011	rowspan=4 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Key
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	36	Anne Tolley	File:TEU Annual Conference 2009 (4095716643).jpg	12 December 2011	7 October 2014
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	37	Michael Woodhouse	File:Michael Woodhouse (cropped).png	8 October 2014	14 December 2015
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	(35)	Judith Collins	File:The Honourable Judith Collins MP.jpg	14 December 2015	20 December 2016
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	38	Paula Bennett	File:Paula Bennett Official.png	20 December 2016	26 October 2017	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	English
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	39	Stuart Nash	File:Hon Stuart Nash.jpg	26 October 2017	6 November 2020	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Ardern
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	40	Poto Williams	File:Hon Poto Williams.jpg	6 November 2020	14 June 2022
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	41	Chris Hipkins	File:Chris Hipkins 2 crop.jpg	14 June 2022	25 January 2023
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	(39)	Stuart Nash	File:Stuart Nash, 2023.jpg	1 February 2023	15 March 2023	rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Hipkins
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	-	Megan Woods acting minister	File:Hon Dr Megan Woods.jpg	15 March 2023	20 March 2023
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	42	Ginny Andersen	File:Ginny Andersen.jpg	20 March 2023	27 November 2023
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	43	Mark Mitchell	File:Mark Mitchell (cropped).png	27 November 2023	present	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Luxon

External links

• New Zealand Police