The Minister of Education is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the country's schools, and is in charge of the Ministry of Education.
The present Minister is Erica Stanford, a member of the National Party.
History The first minister was appointed in 1878, shortly after the abolition of the Provinces allowed the central government to assume responsibility for education. It has existed without major interruption since then. The size of the portfolio has meant that, particularly since the Fourth Labour Government, additional associate ministers of education, and at times one or more ministers responsible for tertiary education, have been established.
List of Education Ministers Key
No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister 1 John Ballance 12 January 1878 1 July 1879 Grey 2 William Rolleston 8 October 1879 15 December 1880Hall3Thomas Dick 15 December 188016 August 1884 Whitaker Atkinson 4 William Montgomery 16 August 1884 28 August 1884Stout 5 Robert Stout 8 January 1885 8 October 1887 6 George Fisher 8 October 1887 8 April 1889Atkinson 7 Harry Atkinson 8 April 1889 9 July 1889 8 Thomas William Hislop 9 July 1889 24 January 18919William Pember Reeves24 January 189110 January 1896 BallanceSeddon 10 William Campbell Walker 11 March 1896 22 June 1903 11 Richard Seddon 22 June 1903 10 June 1906 12 William Hall-Jones 10 June 1906 6 August 1906 Hall-Jones 13 George Fowlds 6 August 1906 4 September 1911 Ward 14 Josiah Hanan 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie 15 James Allen 10 July 1912 12 August 1915Massey (14) Josiah Hanan 12 August 1915 25 August 1919 16 Francis Bell 4 September 1919 3 April 1920 17James Parr 3 April 192024 May 1926 BellCoates 18 Robert Wright 24 May 1926 10 December 192819Harry Atmore10 December 192822 September 1931 WardForbes 20 Robert Masters 22 September 1931 22 November 1934 21 Sydney Smith 22 November 1934 6 December 193522Peter Fraser6 December 193530 April 1940 SavageFraser 23 Rex Mason 30 April 1940 18 October 1947 24 Terry McCombs 18 October 1947 13 December 194925Ronald Algie13 December 194912 December 1957 Holland Holyoake 26 Philip Skoglund 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash 27 Blair Tennent 12 December 1960 20 December 1963Holyoake 28 Arthur Kinsella 20 December 1963 22 December 1969 29 Brian Talboys 22 December 1969 9 February 1972 30 Lorrie Pickering 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall31Phil Amos8 December 197212 December 1975 Kirk Rowling 32 Les Gandar 12 December 1975 13 December 1978Muldoon 33 Merv Wellington 13 December 1978 26 July 1984 34 Russell Marshall 26 July 1984 24 August 1987Lange 35 David Lange 24 August 1987 8 August 1989 36 Geoffrey Palmer 8 August 1989 14 August 1989 Palmer 37 Phil Goff 14 August 1989 2 November 1990 Moore 38 Lockwood Smith 2 November 1990 1 March 1996 Bolger 39 Wyatt Creech 1 March 1996 31 January 1999 Shipley 40 Nick Smith 31 January 1999 10 December 1999 41 Trevor Mallard 10 December 1999 19 October 2005Clark 42 Steve Maharey 19 October 2005 31 October 2007 43 Chris Carter 31 October 2007 19 November 2008 44 Anne Tolley 19 November 2008 12 December 2011 Key 45 Hekia Parata 12 December 2011 2 May 2017 English 46 Nikki Kaye 2 May 2017 26 October 2017 47 Chris Hipkins 26 October 2017 25 January 2023 Ardern 48 Jan Tinetti 1 February 2023 27 November 2023 Hipkins 49 Erica Stanford 27 November 2023 Incumbent Luxon
References
External links
New Zealand Ministry of Education