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Minister for Youth (New Zealand): Difference between revisions

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Minister for Youth
Coat of Arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Hon Peeni Henare since 26 October 2017
Ministry of Social Development
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 Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Phil Goff
Formation	24 August 1987
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Youth is the government minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the rights and interests of young people.

The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government on 24 August 1987.^[2] It was split from the Social Welfare portfolio.

History

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

Key

  Labour   National   NZ First   Alliance

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	1	Phil Goff		24 August 1987	14 August 1989	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Lange
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	2	Annette King		14 August 1989	2 November 1990	width=1 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Palmer
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Moore
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	3	Roger McClay		2 November 1990	8 November 1996	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Bolger
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	4	Katherine O'Regan		8 November 1996	18 December 1996
style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand First/meta/color"|	5	Deborah Morris		18 December 1996	31 August 1998
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand First/meta/color"|						rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Shipley
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	6	Tony Ryall		31 August 1998	10 December 1999
style="background:Template:Alliance (New Zealand political party)/meta/color"|	7	Laila Harré		10 December 1999	15 August 2002	rowspan=5 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Clark
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	8	John Tamihere		15 August 2002	15 October 2004
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	9	Rick Barker		3 November 2004	21 December 2004
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	10	Steve Maharey		21 December 2004	19 October 2005
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	11	Nanaia Mahuta		19 October 2005	19 November 2008
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	12	Paula Bennett		19 November 2008	30 January 2013	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	Key
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	13	Nikki Kaye		31 January 2013	26 October 2017
style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|						style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"|	English
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	14	Peeni Henare		26 October 2017	present	style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"|	Ardern

Notes

References

• Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1 877133 00 0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)