Minister of Statistics (New Zealand)

The Minister of Statistics is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be charged with the responsibility of Statistics New Zealand.

Minister of Statistics
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Incumbent Shane Reti since 24 January 2025
Statistics New Zealand
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	February 1922
First holder	William Downie Stewart Jr as Minister in charge of the Department of Statistics
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The current minister is Shane Reti.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Statistics.^[2]

Key

  Reform   United   Labour   National   Alliance   Green

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	William Downie Stewart Jr		February 1922	27 June 1923		Massey
	2	Richard Bollard		27 June 1923	25 August 1927
							Bell
							Coates
	3	Māui Pōmare		25 August 1927	10 December 1928
	4	Philip De La Perrelle		10 December 1928	22 September 1931		Ward
							Forbes
	5	Adam Hamilton		22 September 1931	6 December 1935
	6	Walter Nash		6 December 1935	11 October 1936		Savage
	-	Dan Sullivan Acting Minister		11 October 1936	16 August 1937
	(6)	Walter Nash		16 August 1937	13 December 1949
							Fraser
	7	Jack Marshall		13 December 1949	26 November 1954		Holland
	8	Jack Watts		26 November 1954	12 December 1957
							Holyoake
	(6)	Walter Nash		12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
	9	Harry Lake		12 December 1960	21 February 1967		Holyoake
	10	Robert Muldoon		4 March 1967	8 December 1972
							Marshall
	11	Bill Rowling		8 December 1972	10 September 1974		Kirk
	12	Mick Connelly		10 September 1974	12 December 1975		Rowling
	13	Peter Wilkinson		12 December 1975	8 March 1977		Muldoon
	14	Hugh Templeton		8 March 1977	11 December 1981
	15	John Falloon		11 December 1981	26 July 1984
	16	Bob Tizard		26 July 1984	24 August 1987		Lange
	17	Margaret Shields		24 August 1987	2 November 1990
							Palmer
							Moore
	18	Rob Storey		2 November 1990	1 July 1993		Bolger
	19	Maurice Williamson		1 July 1993	10 December 1999
							Shipley
	20	Paul Swain		10 December 1999	13 November 2000		Clark
	21	Laila Harré		13 November 2000	15 August 2002
	22	John Tamihere		15 August 2002	15 October 2004
	-	Michael Cullen Acting Minister		15 October 2004	21 December 2004
	23	Pete Hodgson		21 December 2004	19 October 2005
	24	Clayton Cosgrove		19 October 2005	5 November 2007
	25	Darren Hughes		5 November 2007	19 November 2008
	(19)	Maurice Williamson		19 November 2008	1 May 2014		Key
	26	Nicky Wagner		7 May 2014	8 October 2014
	27	Craig Foss		16 October 2014	20 December 2016
	28	Mark Mitchell		20 December 2016	2 May 2017		English
	29	Scott Simpson		2 May 2017	26 October 2017
	30	James Shaw		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	31	David Clark		6 November 2020	1 February 2023
							Hipkins
	32	Deborah Russell		1 February 2023	27 November 2023
	33	Andrew Bayly		27 November 2023	24 January 2025		Luxon
	34	Shane Reti		24 January 2025	present