This is a list of prime ministers of New Zealand by place of birth. Of New Zealand's forty-two prime ministers, twenty were born in New Zealand, nineteen in the United Kingdom (including one in what is now the Republic of Ireland, but was then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), two in Australia, and one in Portugal. Of those born in New Zealand, eleven were born in the North Island, and nine in the South Island. All prime ministers in office since 1960 have been born in New Zealand.

Australia (2) Joseph Ward – Melbourne, Victoria Michael Joseph Savage – Tatong, Victoria

New Zealand (20)

North Island (11) John Key – Auckland David Lange – Auckland Robert Muldoon – Auckland Jacinda Ardern – Hamilton, Waikato Helen Clark – Hamilton, Waikato Chris Hipkins – Hutt Valley, Wellington Gordon Coates – Kaipara Harbour Jim Bolger – Ōpunake, Taranaki Keith Holyoake – Mangamutu, Manawatū Jack Marshall – Wellington Mike Moore – Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty

South Island (9) Christopher Luxon – Christchurch, Canterbury Jenny Shipley – Gore, Southland Sidney Holland – Greendale, Canterbury Bill English – Lumsden, Southland George Forbes – Lyttelton, Canterbury Bill Rowling – Motueka, Tasman Region Francis Bell – Nelson Geoffrey Palmer – Nelson Norman Kirk – Waimate, Canterbury

Portugal (1) George Grey – Lisbon

United Kingdom (19)

England (12) Frederick Whitaker – Bampton, Oxfordshire Frederick Weld – Bridport, Dorset Harry Atkinson – Broxton, Cheshire Alfred Domett – Camberwell, Surrey Richard Seddon – Eccleston, Lancashire William Hall-Jones – Folkestone, Kent Walter Nash – Kidderminster, Worcestershire John Hall – Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire Julius Vogel – London Henry Sewell – Newport, Isle of Wight George Waterhouse – Penzance, Cornwall William Fox – South Shields, County Durham

Ireland (3) Daniel Pollen – Dublin, Leinster (now the Republic of Ireland) John Ballance – Glenavy, Ulster William Massey – Limavady, Ulster

Scotland (4) Thomas Mackenzie – Edinburgh Edward Stafford – Edinburgh Robert Stout – Lerwick, Shetland Islands Peter Fraser – Hill of Fearn, Ross and Cromarty

See also Immigration to New Zealand List of prime ministers of New Zealand List of prime ministers of Australia by birthplace

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