The Minister of Forestry is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The portfolio was created in 1893 as Commissioner of Forests, being renamed Commissioner of State Forests in 1922 before finally having the title altered from Commissioner to Minister in 1949.
The present Minister is Todd McClay.
List of ministers The following ministers held the office of Minister of Forestry.
Key
No. Name Portrait Term of office Prime Minister 1 John McKenzie 1 May 1893 27 June 1900Seddon 2 Tom Duncan 2 July 1900 21 June 1906No separate appointments3Thomas Mackenzie6 January 1909 10 July 1912 Ward Mackenzie 4 Francis Bell 10 July 1912 21 February 1922Massey 5Heaton Rhodes 21 February 1922 18 January 1926 BellCoates 6 Oswald Hawken 18 January 1926 26 November 1928 7 Kenneth Williams 28 November 1928 10 December 1928 8 William Taverner 19 December 1928 28 May 1930 Ward 9 Alfred Ransom 28 May 1930 6 December 1935 Forbes10Frank Langstone6 December 193521 December 1942 SavageFraser 11 Jim Barclay 7 July 1943 18 October 1943 12 Jerry Skinner 12 April 1944 13 December 1949 13 Ernest Corbett 13 December 1949 26 November 1954 Holland 14 Sid Smith 26 November 1954 26 September 1957 Holyoake 15 Geoff Gerard 26 September 1957 12 December 1957 16 Eruera Tirikatene 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash (15) Geoff Gerard 12 December 1960 12 December 1966 Holyoake 17 Duncan MacIntyre 12 December 1966 8 December 1972 Marshall18Colin Moyle8 December 197212 December 1975 Kirk Rowling 19 Venn Young 12 December 1975 11 December 1981 Muldoon 20 Jonathan Elworthy 11 December 1981 26 July 1984 21 Koro Wētere 26 July 1984 24 July 1987 Lange 22 Peter Tapsell 24 July 1987 9 February 1990 Palmer 23 Jim Sutton 9 February 1990 2 November 1990 Moore 24 John Falloon 2 November 1990 16 December 1996 Bolger 25 Lockwood Smith 16 December 1996 31 August 1998 Shipley 26 John Luxton 31 August 1998 10 December 1999 27 Pete Hodgson 10 December 1999 15 August 2002 Clark (23) Jim Sutton 15 August 2002 21 December 2004 28 Jim Anderton 21 December 2004 19 November 2008 29 David Carter 19 November 2008 14 December 2011 Key2011–2017: No separate appointments 30 Shane Jones 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern 31 Stuart Nash 6 November 2020 28 March 2023 Hipkins – Megan Woods 28 March 2023 12 April 2023 32 Peeni Henare 12 April 2023 27 November 2023 33 Todd McClay 27 November 2023 present Luxon
See also Minister for Primary Industries
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References
External links Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry