Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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 The position was established as Minister of Commerce in 1987 and superseded the previous office of Minister of Trade and Industry.

Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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Incumbent Scott Simpson since 24 February 2025
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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
Formation	24 August 1987
First holder	David Butcher
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

Starting from October 2014, the position was combined with the now-disestablished Minister of Consumer Affairs.

The present Minister is Scott Simpson.^[2]

List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.^[3]

Key

  National   Labour

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
As Minister of Commerce
	1	David Butcher		24 August 1987	2 November 1990		Lange
							Palmer
							Moore
	2	Philip Burdon		2 November 1990	1 March 1996		Bolger
	3	John Luxton		1 March 1996	31 August 1998
							Shipley
	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 2011		Key
	10	Craig Foss		12 December 2011	8 October 2014
As Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
	11	Paul Goldsmith		8 October 2014	20 December 2016		Key
							English
	12	Jacqui Dean		20 December 2016	26 October 2017
	13	Kris Faafoi		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	14	David Clark		6 November 2020	1 February 2023
							Hipkins
	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	present