Shadow Leader of the House (New Zealand)

In the New Zealand Parliament, the shadow leader of the House is traditionally appointed by the largest Opposition party.^[1] The position is currently held by Kieran McAnulty, a member of the New Zealand Labour Party.^[2]

Shadow Leader of the House
Incumbent Hon Kieran McAnulty since 30 November 2023
Member of	Shadow Cabinet
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Inaugural holder	Bill Birch
Formation	7 April 1986
Deputy	Hon Duncan Webb

List of shadow leaders of the House

The following individuals have been appointed as shadow leader of the New Zealand House of Representatives:

Key

  National   Labour

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Leader
	1	Bill Birch		7 April 1986	2 November 1990		Bolger
	2	Jonathan Hunt		27 November 1990	10 December 1999		Moore
							Clark
	3	Roger Sowry		15 December 1999	8 October 2001		Shipley
	4	Gerry Brownlee		8 October 2001	19 November 2008		English
							Brash
							Key
	5	Michael Cullen		20 November 2008[3]	29 April 2009		Goff
	6	Darren Hughes		5 May 2009	3 February 2011
	7	Trevor Mallard		3 February 2011	23 September 2013
							Shearer
	8	Grant Robertson		23 September 2013[4]	24 November 2014		Cunliffe
	9	Chris Hipkins		24 November 2014[5]	26 October 2017		Little
							Ardern
	10	Simon Bridges		2 November 2017[6]	27 February 2018		English
	(4)	Gerry Brownlee		27 February 2018[7][8]	14 July 2020		Bridges
							Muller
	11	Chris Bishop		14 July 2020[9]	28 August 2021		Collins
	12	Michael Woodhouse		28 August 2021[10]	6 December 2021
	(11)	Chris Bishop		6 December 2021[11]	19 January 2023		Luxon
	(12)	Michael Woodhouse		19 January 2023	14 October 2023
	13	Kieran McAnulty		30 November 2023	present		Hipkins

See also

• Leader of the Opposition – Leader of the largest faction of a legislature that is not in government
• Minority leader – Legislative political position
• Shadow cabinet – Feature of the Westminster system of government