{{Short description|New Zealand minister of the Crown}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox official post | post = Minister of Forestry | body = New Zealand | native_name = | flag = Flag of New Zealand.svg | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = Flag of New Zealand | insignia = 120px | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = Coat of Arms of New Zealand | image = Todd McClay (cropped).png | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = Todd McClay | incumbentsince = 27 November 2023 | type = | status = | department = | style = The Honourable | member_of = * Cabinet of New Zealand * Executive Council | reports_to = Prime Minister of New Zealand | residence = | seat = | nominator = | appointer = Governor-General of New Zealand | appointer_qualified = | termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | formation = 1 May 1893 | first = John McKenzie | last = | abolished = | succession = | abbreviation = | unofficial_names = | deputy = | salary = $288,900<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf|title=Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016 |website=Parliament.nz |access-date=2017-01-20}}</ref> | website = [https://www.beehive.govt.nz/portfolio/Forestry www.beehive.govt.nz] }} {{Politics of New Zealand}}
The '''Minister of Forestry''' is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The portfolio was created in 1893 as '''Commissioner of Forests''', being renamed '''Commissioner of State Forests''' in 1922 before finally having the title altered from Commissioner to Minister in 1949.
The present Minister is Todd McClay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ministerial List|url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-units/cabinet-office/ministers-and-their-portfolios/ministerial-list|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref>
==List of ministers== The following ministers held the office of Minister of Forestry.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=72–98}}
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{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" | No. ! Name ! Portrait ! colspan="2" | Term of office ! colspan="2" | Prime Minister |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}"| ! 1 | John McKenzie | 75px | 1 May 1893 | 27 June 1900 | width=1 rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}"| | rowspan=2|Seddon |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}"| ! 2 | Thomas Young Duncan | 75px | 2 July 1900 | 21 June 1906 |- |colspan=8 align=center|''No separate appointments'' |- ! rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}"| ! rowspan=2|3 | rowspan=2|Thomas Mackenzie | rowspan=2|75px | rowspan=2|6 January 1909 | rowspan=2|10 July 1912 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}"| | Ward |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Liberal Party}}"| | Mackenzie |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| ! 4 | Francis Bell | 75px | 10 July 1912 | 21 February 1922 | style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| | rowspan=2|Massey |- ! rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| ! rowspan=3| 5 | rowspan=3|Heaton Rhodes | rowspan=3|75px | rowspan=3| 21 February 1922 | rowspan=3| 18 January 1926 | height=40 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| | Bell |- | style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| | rowspan=3|Coates |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| ! 6 | Oswald Hawken | 75px | 18 January 1926 | 26 November 1928 | rowspan=2 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Reform Party (New Zealand)}}"| ! 7 | Kenneth Williams | 75px | 28 November 1928 | 10 December 1928 |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}"| ! 8 | William Taverner | 75px | 19 December 1928 | 28 May 1930 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}"| | Ward |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}"| ! 9 | Alfred Ransom | 75px | 28 May 1930 | 6 December 1935 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Party (New Zealand)}}"| | Forbes |- ! height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! rowspan=2|10 | rowspan=2|Frank Langstone | rowspan=2|75px | rowspan=2|6 December 1935 | rowspan=2|21 December 1942 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"| | Savage |- ! height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"| | rowspan=3|Fraser |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"| ! 11 | Jim Barclay | 75px | 7 July 1943 | 18 October 1943 | rowspan=2 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"| |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}};"| ! 12 | Jerry Skinner | 75px | 12 April 1944 | 13 December 1949 |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! 13 | Ernest Corbett | 75px | 13 December 1949 | 26 November 1954 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | rowspan=2 | Holland |- ! height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! rowspan=2 | 14 | rowspan=2 | Sid Smith | rowspan=2 | 75px | rowspan=2 | 26 November 1954 | rowspan=2 | 26 September 1957 |- ! height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | rowspan=2 | Holyoake |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! 15 | Geoff Gerard | 75px | 26 September 1957 | 12 December 1957 |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! 16 | Eruera Tirikatene | 75px | 12 December 1957 | 12 December 1960 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | Nash |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! <small>(15)</small> | Geoff Gerard | 75px | 12 December 1960 | 12 December 1966 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | rowspan=2 | Holyoake |- ! height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! rowspan=2 | 17 | rowspan=2 | Duncan MacIntyre | rowspan=2 | 75px | rowspan=2 | 12 December 1966 | rowspan=2 | 8 December 1972 |- ! height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | Marshall |- ! rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! rowspan=2|18 | rowspan=2|Colin Moyle | rowspan=2|75px | rowspan=2|8 December 1972 | rowspan=2|12 December 1975 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | Kirk |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | Rowling |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! 19 | Venn Young | 75px | 12 December 1975 | 11 December 1981 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | rowspan=2 | Muldoon |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! 20 | Jonathan Elworthy | 75px | 11 December 1981 | 26 July 1984 |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! 21 | Koro Wētere | | 26 July 1984 | 24 July 1987 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | rowspan=2| Lange |- ! height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! rowspan=2| 22 | rowspan=2| Peter Tapsell | rowspan=2| 75px | rowspan=2| 24 July 1987 | rowspan=2| 9 February 1990 |- ! height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | rowspan=2| Palmer |- ! height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! rowspan=2| 23 | rowspan=2| Jim Sutton | rowspan=2| 75px | rowspan=2| 9 February 1990 | rowspan=2| 2 November 1990 |- ! height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | Moore |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! 24 | John Falloon | 75px | 2 November 1990 | 16 December 1996 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | rowspan=2 | Bolger |- ! height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! rowspan=2 | 25 | rowspan=2 | Lockwood Smith | rowspan=2 | 75px | rowspan=2 | 16 December 1996 | rowspan=2 | 31 August 1998 |- ! height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | rowspan=2 | Shipley |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! 26 | John Luxton | 75px | 31 August 1998 | 10 December 1999 |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! 27 | Pete Hodgson | 75px | 10 December 1999 | 15 August 2002 | rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | rowspan=3 | Clark |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! <small>(23)</small> | Jim Sutton | 75px | 15 August 2002 | 21 December 2004 |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Jim Anderton's Progressive Party}}"| ! 28 | Jim Anderton | 75px | 21 December 2004 | 19 November 2008 |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! 29 | David Carter | 75px | 19 November 2008 | 14 December 2011 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | Key |- |colspan=8 align=center|''2011–2017: No separate appointments'' |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand First}}"| ! 30 | Shane Jones | 75px | 26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | rowspan=2 | Ardern |- ! height=40 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! rowspan="2" | 31 | rowspan="2" | Stuart Nash | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" | 6 November 2020 | rowspan="2" | 28 March 2023 |- ! height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| | rowspan="3" | Hipkins |- ! style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! – | Megan Woods | 75px | 28 March 2023 | 12 April 2023 |- ! style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"| ! 32 | Peeni Henare | 75px | 12 April 2023 | 27 November 2023 |- ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| ! 33 | Todd McClay | 75px | 27 November 2023 | present | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"| | Luxon |}
==See also== *Minister for Primary Industries
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==References== *{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302002801/http://www.maf.govt.nz/ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry]
{{NZ ministerial portfolios}}
Category:Agriculture in New Zealand Forestry