Minister of Health (New Zealand)

Minister of Health of New Zealand
Minister of Health of New Zealand
	Coat of arms of New Zealand
	Flag of New Zealand
	Incumbent; Andrew Little; since 6 November 2020
	Ministry of Health
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand; Executive Council;
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	8 November 1900
First holder	Sir Joseph Ward
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Health, formerly styled Minister of Public Health, is a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility for the New Zealand Ministry of Health and the District Health Boards.

The current Minister of Health is Labour Party MP Andrew Little.^[2]

History

The first Minister of Public Health was appointed in 1900, during the premiership of Richard Seddon. The word "Public" was dropped from the title when Sir Māui Pōmare took over the portfolio from 27 June 1923, as simply "Minister of Health".

In the health system reforms of the 1980s, the Department of Health lost responsibility for both the provision and funding of healthcare – these roles were transferred to separate Crown Health Enterprises (the precursors to today's District Health Boards) and the Health Funding Authority, respectively. The only function remaining was policy-making (resulting in the department being renamed a Ministry). For a time, there was a separate Minister in Charge of Crown Health Enterprises, who was not necessarily the same as the Minister of Health. Further reforms have changed this, however – the Health Funding Authority has been re-absorbed into the Ministry of Health, and the modern District Health Boards, while not part of the Ministry, are considered a responsibility of the Minister of Health.

List of Health Ministers

Key

Liberal Reform United Labour National

	Name	Term of Office
1	Joseph Ward	8 November 1900	6 August 1906	Seddon
1	Joseph Ward	8 November 1900	6 August 1906	Hall-Jones
2	George Fowlds	6 August 1906	6 January 1909	Ward
3	David Buddo	6 January 1909	28 March 1912	Ward
4	George Warren Russell	28 March 1912	10 July 1912	Mackenzie
5	Heaton Rhodes	10 July 1912	12 August 1915	Massey
(4)	George Warren Russell	12 August 1915	25 August 1919
6	Francis Bell	4 September 1919	3 April 1920
7	James Parr	3 April 1920	7 June 1923
8	Maui Pomare	7 June 1923	18 January 1926
				Bell
				Coates
9	Alexander Young	18 January 1926	10 December 1928	Coates
10	Arthur Stallworthy	10 December 1928	22 September 1931	Ward
10	Arthur Stallworthy	10 December 1928	22 September 1931	Forbes
(9)	Alexander Young	22 September 1931	6 December 1935	Forbes
11	Peter Fraser	6 December 1935	30 April 1940	Savage
11	Peter Fraser	6 December 1935	30 April 1940	Fraser
12	Tim Armstrong	30 April 1940	21 January 1941
13	Arnold Nordmeyer	21 January 1941	29 May 1947
14	Mabel Howard	29 May 1947	13 December 1949
15	Jack Watts	13 December 1949	19 September 1951	Holland
16	Jack Marshall	19 September 1951	26 November 1954
17	Ralph Hanan	26 November 1954	12 December 1957
17	Ralph Hanan	26 November 1954	12 December 1957	Holyoake
18	Rex Mason	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	Nash
19	Norman Shelton	12 December 1960	24 January 1962	Holyoake
20	Don McKay	24 January 1962	9 February 1972	Holyoake
21	Lance Adams-Schneider	9 February 1972	8 December 1972	Marshall
22	Bob Tizard	8 December 1972	10 September 1974	Kirk
23	Tom McGuigan	10 September 1974	12 December 1975	Rowling
24	Frank Gill	12 December 1975	13 December 1978	Muldoon
25	George Gair	13 December 1978	11 December 1981
26	Aussie Malcolm	11 December 1981	26 July 1984
27	Michael Bassett	26 July 1984	24 August 1987	Lange
28	David Caygill	24 August 1987	30 January 1989
29	Helen Clark	30 January 1989	2 November 1990
				Palmer
				Moore
30	Simon Upton	2 November 1990	27 March 1993	Bolger
31	Bill Birch	27 March 1993	29 November 1993
32	Jenny Shipley	29 November 1993	16 December 1996
33	Bill English	16 December 1996	2 February 1999
33	Bill English	16 December 1996	2 February 1999	Shipley
34	Wyatt Creech	2 February 1999	10 December 1999	Shipley
35	Annette King	10 December 1999	19 October 2005	Clark
36	Pete Hodgson	19 October 2005	5 November 2007
37	David Cunliffe	5 November 2007	19 November 2008
38	Tony Ryall	19 November 2008	6 October 2014	Key
39	Jonathan Coleman	6 October 2014	26 October 2017	Key
39	Jonathan Coleman	6 October 2014	26 October 2017	English
40	David Clark	26 October 2017	2 July 2020^[3]	Ardern
41	Chris Hipkins	2 July 2020	6 November 2020
42	Andrew Little	6 November 2020	Incumbent

References

^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 3 November 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "Ministerial List for Announcement on Monday, 2 November 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "David Clark resigns as Health Minister: 'It's best for me to step aside'". 2 July 2020.

External links

New Zealand Ministry of Health

[1] "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 3 November 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[2] "Ministerial List for Announcement on Monday, 2 November 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[3] "David Clark resigns as Health Minister: 'It's best for me to step aside'". 2 July 2020.

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