The Minister of Statistics is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be charged with the responsibility of Statistics New Zealand. The current minister is Scott Simpson.
List of ministers The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Statistics.
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No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister 1 William Downie Stewart Jr February 1922 27 June 1923Massey 2Richard Bollard 27 June 192325 August 1927 BellCoates 3 Māui Pōmare 25 August 1927 10 December 19284Philip De La Perrelle10 December 192822 September 1931 WardForbes 5 Adam Hamilton 22 September 1931 6 December 1935 6 Walter Nash 6 December 1935 11 October 1936 Savage - Dan Sullivan 11 October 1936 16 August 1937(6)Walter Nash16 August 193713 December 1949 Fraser 7 Jack Marshall 13 December 1949 26 November 1954Holland8Jack Watts 26 November 195412 December 1957 Holyoake (6) Walter Nash 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash 9 Harry Lake 12 December 1960 21 February 1967Holyoake10Robert Muldoon4 March 19678 December 1972Marshall 11 Bill Rowling 8 December 1972 10 September 1974 Kirk 12 Mick Connelly 10 September 1974 12 December 1975 Rowling 13 Peter Wilkinson 12 December 1975 8 March 1977 Muldoon 14 Hugh Templeton 8 March 1977 11 December 1981 15 John Falloon 11 December 1981 26 July 1984 16 Bob Tizard 26 July 1984 24 August 1987 Lange 17 Margaret Shields 24 August 1987 2 November 1990 Palmer Moore 18 Rob Storey 2 November 1990 1 July 1993 Bolger 19 Maurice Williamson 1 July 1993 10 December 1999 Shipley 20 Paul Swain 10 December 1999 13 November 2000 Clark 21 Laila Harré 13 November 2000 15 August 2002 22 John Tamihere 15 August 2002 15 October 2004 - Michael Cullen 15 October 2004 21 December 2004 23 Pete Hodgson 21 December 2004 19 October 2005 24 Clayton Cosgrove 19 October 2005 5 November 2007 25 Darren Hughes 5 November 2007 19 November 2008 (19) Maurice Williamson 19 November 2008 1 May 2014 Key 26 Nicky Wagner 7 May 2014 8 October 2014 27 Craig Foss 16 October 2014 20 December 2016 28 Mark Mitchell 20 December 2016 2 May 2017 English 29 Scott Simpson 2 May 2017 26 October 2017 30 James Shaw 26 October 2017 6 November 2020Ardern31David Clark6 November 20201 February 2023Hipkins 32 Deborah Russell 1 February 2023 27 November 2023 33 Andrew Bayly 27 November 2023 24 January 2025 Luxon 34 Shane Reti 24 January 2025 7 April 2026 (29) Scott Simpson 7 April 2026 Present
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