Minister of Courts of New Zealand
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Incumbent
Nicole McKee
since 27 November 2023
Ministry of Justice
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation1 July 1995
First holderDoug Graham
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Courts or Minister of Courts is a minister in the government of New Zealand. The minister has responsibility for the support and administration of the courts system. It was split from the Justice portfolio in 1995.[2]

List of ministers

Key

  Labour   National   Alliance   ACT

No. Name Portrait Term of office Prime Minister
1 Doug Graham 1 July 1995 8 December 1997 Bolger
2 Wyatt Creech 8 December 1997 31 August 1998 Shipley
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
8 Amy Adams 8 October 2014 26 October 2017
English
9 Andrew Little 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern
10 William Sio 6 November 2020 1 February 2023
Hipkins
11 Rino Tirikatene 1 February 2023 27 November 2023
12 Nicole McKee 27 November 2023 present Luxon

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ministerial Portfolio – Courts". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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