The Minister for Sport and Recreation is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of Sport New Zealand. The current Minister for Sport and Recreation is Mark Mitchell.
List of ministers The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Sport and Recreation.
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No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister1Joe Walding8 December 197212 December 1975 Kirk Rowling 2 Allan Highet 12 December 1975 26 July 1984 Muldoon 3 Mike Moore 26 July 1984 24 July 1987 Lange 4 Peter Tapsell 24 July 1987 10 July 1990 Palmer 5 Noel Scott 10 July 1990 2 November 1990 Moore 6 John Banks 2 November 1990 16 December 1996 Bolger 7 Murray McCully 16 December 1996 10 December 1999 Shipley 8 Trevor Mallard 10 December 1999 31 October 2007 Clark 9 Clayton Cosgrove 31 October 2007 19 November 2008 (7) Murray McCully 19 November 2008 6 October 2014 Key 10 Jonathan Coleman 6 October 2014 26 October 2017 English 11 Grant Robertson 26 October 2017 27 November 2023 Ardern Hipkins 12 Chris Bishop 27 November 2023 24 January 2025 Luxon 13 Mark Mitchell 24 January 2025 present
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