The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is a minister in the New Zealand Government with the responsibilities including corporate law and governance, financial markets, competition policy, consumer policy, protecting intellectual property, and trade policy and international regulatory cooperation, most of which is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The position was established as Minister of Commerce in 1987 and superseded the previous office of Minister of Trade and Industry.
Starting from October 2014, the position was combined with the now-disestablished Minister of Consumer Affairs.
The present Minister is Cameron Brewer.
List of ministers The following ministers held the office of Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
Key
No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister As Minister of Commerce 1David Butcher24 August 19872 November 1990 Lange Palmer Moore 2 Philip Burdon 2 November 1990 1 March 1996Bolger3John Luxton1 March 199631 August 1998Shipley 4 Max Bradford 31 August 1998 10 December 1999 5 Paul Swain 10 December 1999 15 August 2002 Clark 6 Lianne Dalziel 15 August 2002 21 February 2004 7 Margaret Wilson 21 February 2004 21 December 2004 8 Pete Hodgson 21 December 2004 19 October 2005 (6) Lianne Dalziel 19 October 2005 19 November 2008 9 Simon Power 19 November 2008 12 December 2011Key 10 Craig Foss 12 December 2011 8 October 2014 As Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs11Paul Goldsmith8 October 201420 December 2016KeyEnglish 12 Jacqui Dean 20 December 2016 26 October 2017 13 Kris Faafoi 26 October 2017 6 November 2020Ardern14David Clark6 November 20201 February 2023Hipkins 15 Duncan Webb 1 February 2023 27 November 2023 16 Andrew Bayly 27 November 2023 24 February 2025 Luxon 17 Scott Simpson 24 February 2025 7 April 2026 18 Cameron Brewer 7 April 2026 present
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References
External links New Zealand Ministry for Business, Employment and Innovation