The Minister for Courts (or Minister of Courts) is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the support and administration of the courts system. It was split from the Justice portfolio in 1995.
List of ministers Key
No.NamePortraitTerm of officePrime Minister 1 Doug Graham 1 July 1995 8 December 1997 Bolger 2 Wyatt Creech 8 December 1997 31 August 1998Shipley 3 Georgina te Heuheu 31 August 1998 10 December 1999 4 Matt Robson 10 December 1999 15 August 2002 Clark 5 Margaret Wilson 15 August 2002 19 May 2003 6 Rick Barker 19 May 2003 19 November 2008 (3) Georgina te Heuheu 19 November 2008 14 December 2011 Key 7 Chester Borrows 14 December 2011 8 October 2014 8Amy Adams 8 October 2014 26 October 2017 English 9 Andrew Little 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern10William Sio6 November 20201 February 2023Hipkins 11 Rino Tirikatene 1 February 2023 27 November 2023 12 Nicole McKee 27 November 2023 present Luxon
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