Minister of Education
Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent
Erica Stanford
since 27 November 2023
Ministry of Education
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation12 January 1878
First holderJohn Ballance
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Education is a minister in the government of New Zealand with responsibility for the country's schools, and is in charge of the Ministry of Education.

The present Minister is Erica Stanford, a member of the National Party.

History

The first minister was appointed in 1878, shortly after the abolition of the Provinces allowed the central government to assume responsibility for education. It has existed without major interruption since then. The size of the portfolio has meant that, particularly since the Fourth Labour Government, additional associate ministers of education, and at times one or more ministers responsible for tertiary education, have been established.

List of Education Ministers

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 John Ballance 12 January 1878 1 July 1879 Grey
2 William Rolleston 8 October 1879 15 December 1880 Hall
3 Thomas Dick 15 December 1880 16 August 1884
Whitaker
Atkinson
4 William Montgomery 16 August 1884 28 August 1884 Stout
5 Robert Stout 8 January 1885 8 October 1887
6 George Fisher 8 October 1887 8 April 1889 Atkinson
7 Harry Atkinson 8 April 1889 9 July 1889
8 Thomas William Hislop 9 July 1889 24 January 1891
9 William Pember Reeves 24 January 1891 10 January 1896 Ballance
Seddon
10 William Campbell Walker 11 March 1896 22 June 1903
11 Richard Seddon 22 June 1903 10 June 1906
12 William Hall-Jones 10 June 1906 6 August 1906 Hall-Jones
13 George Fowlds 6 August 1906 4 September 1911 Ward
14 Josiah Hanan 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie
15 James Allen 10 July 1912 12 August 1915 Massey
(14) Josiah Hanan 12 August 1915 25 August 1919
16 Francis Bell 4 September 1919 3 April 1920
17 James Parr 3 April 1920 24 May 1926
Bell
Coates
18 Robert Wright 24 May 1926 10 December 1928
19 Harry Atmore 10 December 1928 22 September 1931 Ward
Forbes
20 Robert Masters 22 September 1931 22 November 1934
21 Sydney Smith 22 November 1934 6 December 1935
22 Peter Fraser 6 December 1935 30 April 1940 Savage
Fraser
23 Rex Mason 30 April 1940 18 October 1947
24 Terry McCombs 18 October 1947 13 December 1949
25 Ronald Algie 13 December 1949 12 December 1957 Holland
Holyoake
26 Philip Skoglund 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash
27 Blair Tennent 12 December 1960 20 December 1963 Holyoake
28 Arthur Kinsella 20 December 1963 22 December 1969
29 Brian Talboys 22 December 1969 9 February 1972
30 Lorrie Pickering 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall
31 Phil Amos 8 December 1972 12 December 1975 Kirk
Rowling
32 Les Gandar 12 December 1975 13 December 1978 Muldoon
33 Merv Wellington 13 December 1978 26 July 1984
34 Russell Marshall 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange
35 David Lange 24 August 1987 8 August 1989
36 Geoffrey Palmer 8 August 1989 14 August 1989 Palmer
37 Phil Goff 14 August 1989 2 November 1990
Moore
38 Lockwood Smith 2 November 1990 1 March 1996 Bolger
39 Wyatt Creech 1 March 1996 31 January 1999
Shipley
40 Nick Smith 31 January 1999 10 December 1999
41 Trevor Mallard 10 December 1999 19 October 2005 Clark
42 Steve Maharey 19 October 2005 31 October 2007
43 Chris Carter 31 October 2007 19 November 2008
44 Anne Tolley 19 November 2008 12 December 2011 Key
45 Hekia Parata 12 December 2011 2 May 2017
English
46 Nikki Kaye 2 May 2017 26 October 2017
47 Chris Hipkins 26 October 2017 25 January 2023 Ardern
48 Jan Tinetti 1 February 2023 27 November 2023 Hipkins
49 Erica Stanford 27 November 2023 Incumbent Luxon

References

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