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Minister for Sport and Recreation of New Zealand
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Incumbent Chris Bishop since 27 November 2023
Sport New Zealand
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 His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	8 December 1972
First holder	Joe Walding
Salary	$288,900
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for Sport and Recreation is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of Sport New Zealand. The current Minister for Sport and Recreation is Chris Bishop.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Sport and Recreation.

Key

  Labour   National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Joe Walding		8 December 1972	12 December 1975		Kirk
							Rowling
	2	Allan Highet		12 December 1975	26 July 1984		Muldoon
	3	Mike Moore		26 July 1984	24 July 1987		Lange
	4	Peter Tapsell		24 July 1987	10 July 1990
							Palmer
	5	Noel Scott		10 July 1990	2 November 1990
							Moore
	6	John Banks		2 November 1990	16 December 1996		Bolger
	7	Murray McCully		16 December 1996	10 December 1999
							Shipley
	8	Trevor Mallard		10 December 1999	31 October 2007		Clark
	9	Clayton Cosgrove		31 October 2007	19 November 2008
	(7)	Murray McCully		19 November 2008	6 October 2014		Key
	10	Jonathan Coleman		6 October 2014	26 October 2017
							English
	11	Grant Robertson		26 October 2017	27 November 2023		Ardern
							Hipkins
	12	Chris Bishop		27 November 2023	present		Luxon

Notes

1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
2. "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). Retrieved 13 November 2014.
3. Wilson 1985, pp. 92–97.

References

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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