Minister for Women (New Zealand)

The Minister for Women is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the rights and interests of the country's female citizens. It has been a post in all New Zealand governments since 1984.^[2] The Minister leads the Ministry for Women.

Minister for Women
Coat of Arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Nicola Grigg since 27 November 2023
Ministry for Women
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Ann Hercus
Formation	26 July 1984
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government on 26 July 1984 preceding the creation of the ministry. It was split from the Social Welfare portfolio after a recommendation from Advisory Committee on Women's Affairs.^[3] Holders of the post were known as the Minister for Women's Affairs until December 2014, with the department known as the Ministry of Women's Affairs.^[4] There had been a previous ministerial post from 1949 to 1972 adjunct to the Social Security portfolio titled Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children with a similar brief.^[5]

Ministers for Women

The following ministers have held the office:

Key

  Labour   National   Alliance   Green

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
Minister for the Welfare of Women and Children (1949–72)[5]
	1	Hilda Ross		13 December 1949	12 December 1957		Holland
							Holyoake
	2	Mabel Howard		12 December 1957	2 June 1959		Nash
	-	Philip Skoglund Acting Minister		2 June 1959	25 August 1959
	(2)	Mabel Howard		25 August 1959	12 December 1960
	3	Norman Shelton		12 December 1960	24 January 1962		Holyoake
	4	Don McKay[6]		24 January 1962	9 February 1972
Minister for Women (1984–present)
	1	Ann Hercus[7]		26 July 1984	24 August 1987		Lange
	2	Margaret Shields[8]		24 August 1987	2 November 1990
							Palmer
							Moore
	3	Jenny Shipley[9]		2 November 1990	12 December 1996		Bolger
	4	Christine Fletcher[10]		12 December 1996	11 September 1997
	(3)	Jenny Shipley		11 September 1997	26 August 1998
							Shipley
	5	Georgina te Heuheu		26 August 1998	10 December 1999
	6	Laila Harré		10 December 1999	15 August 2002		Clark
	7	Ruth Dyson		15 August 2002	19 October 2005
	8	Lianne Dalziel		19 October 2005	5 November 2007
	9	Stephanie Chadwick		5 November 2007	19 November 2008
	10	Pansy Wong		19 November 2008	12 November 2010		Key
	(5)	Georgina te Heuheu acting		12 November 2010	8 December 2010
	11	Hekia Parata		8 December 2010	13 December 2011
	12	Jo Goodhew		13 December 2011	8 October 2014
	13	Louise Upston[11]		8 October 2014	20 December 2016
	14	Paula Bennett		20 December 2016	26 October 2017		English
	15	Julie Anne Genter		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	16	Jan Tinetti		6 November 2020	27 November 2023
							Hipkins
	17	Nicola Grigg		27 November 2023	present		Luxon