The Minister of Lands in New Zealand was a cabinet position appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of the Department of Lands and Survey.

List of ministers The following ministers held the office of Minister of Lands.

Key

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister 1 Henry Tancred 19 August 1858 12 July 1861 Stafford 2 William Gisborne 2 August 1861 6 August 1862 Fox 3 Walter Mantell 6 August 1862 21 August 1862 Domett 4 Alfred Domett 22 August 1862 30 October 1863 5 Thomas Gillies 30 October 1863 13 January 1864 Whitaker (4) Alfred Domett 13 January 1864 24 November 1864Office not in use 6 William Fitzherbert 10 September 1872 11 October 1872 Stafford7Maurice O'Rorke11 October 187213 August 1874 Waterhouse FoxVogel 8 Harry Atkinson 7 September 1874 1 September 1876 Pollen Vogel 9 John Davies Ormond 1 September 1876 13 September 1876 Atkinson (8) Harry Atkinson 13 September 1876 4 January 1877 10 Donald Reid 4 January 1877 13 October 1877 11 James Macandrew 15 October 1877 25 July 1878 Grey 12 Robert Stout 25 July 1878 25 June 1879 13 William Gisborne 25 June 1879 15 July 1879 14 James William Thomson 15 July 1879 8 October 187915William Rolleston8 October 187916 August 1884 Hall Whitaker Atkinson (11) James Macandrew 16 August 1884 28 August 1884 Stout 16 Richmond Hursthouse 28 August 1884 3 September 1884 Atkinson 17 John Ballance 3 September 1884 8 October 1887 Stout 18 George Richardson 8 October 1887 24 January 1891 Atkinson 19 John McKenzie 24 January 1891 27 June 1900 Ballance Seddon 20 Tom Duncan 2 July 1900 6 August 1906 Hall-Jones 21 Robert McNab 6 August 1906 30 November 1908 Ward 22 Joseph Ward 1 December 1908 28 March 1912 23 Thomas Mackenzie 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie 24 William Massey 10 July 1912 27 February 1918Massey 25 David Guthrie 27 February 1918 25 June 192426Alex McLeod25 June 192428 November 1928 BellCoates 27 Kenneth Williams 28 November 1928 10 December 1928 28 George Forbes 10 December 1928 28 May 1930 Ward 29 Alfred Ransom 28 May 1930 6 December 1935 Forbes30Frank Langstone6 December 193521 December 1942 SavageFraser 31 Jim Barclay 7 July 1943 18 October 1943 32 Jerry Skinner 29 October 1943 26 November 1949 33 Ernest Corbett 13 December 1949 26 September 1957 Holland 34 Geoff Gerard 26 September 1957 12 December 1957 Holyoake (32) Jerry Skinner 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash (34) Geoff Gerard 12 December 1960 12 December 1966Holyoake 35 Duncan MacIntyre 12 December 1966 8 December 1972 Marshall36Matiu Rata8 December 197212 December 1975 Kirk Rowling 37 Venn Young 12 December 1975 11 December 1981 Muldoon 38 Jonathan Elworthy 11 December 1981 26 July 1984 39 Koro Wētere 26 July 1984 16 September 1987Lange40Peter Tapsell16 September 19872 November 1990 Palmer Moore 41 Rob Storey 2 November 1990 2 November 1993 Bolger 42 Denis Marshall 2 November 1993 10 December 1996 43 John Luxton 10 December 1996 31 August 1998

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