Minister for Māori Development

(Redirected from Minister of Māori Affairs) New Zealand minister of the Crown

Minister for Māori Development
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Incumbent Tama Potaka since 27 November 2023
Ministry of Maori Development
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	27 August 1858
First holder	William Richmond
Salary	$243,841
Website	Ministry of Māori Development

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The Minister for Māori Development is the minister in the New Zealand Government with broad responsibility for government policy towards Māori, the first inhabitants of New Zealand. The Minister heads the Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK, or the Ministry of Māori Development). Between 1947 and 2014 the position was called Minister of Māori Affairs; before that it was known as Minister of Native Affairs. The current Minister for Māori Development is Tama Potaka.

Role

The role of the Minister for Māori Development differs from those of other ministers. While the Minister for Māori Development does have a government department to supervise (Te Puni Kōkiri, TPK for short, or the Ministry of Māori Development), he or she also has input into other portfolios to the extent that they affect Māori. For example, the Minister for Māori Development would expect to be involved in the development of Māori language policy in the education portfolio, even though education is normally the sole responsibility of the Minister of Education.

History

The office was originally called Minister of Native Affairs, or simply Native Minister. Most early Ministers of Native Affairs were not Māori, although a convention existed that there should be Māori in Cabinet (albeit without portfolio). Prior to the implementation of responsible government, Māori affairs (specifically the purchase of land from Māori by the Crown) had been handled by the Governor.

Attitudes of early Ministers were varied. The first Minister, William Richmond, considered Māori to be savages, and believed that his task was to "reform" Māori by making them more like Europeans. He was particularly hostile to Māori tradition of shared land ownership, considering it "beastly communism". Other Ministers were more friendly to Māori interests — James FitzGerald, the sixth Minister, believed that peaceful co-existence with Māori was vital, and considered the confiscation of Māori land to be an "enormous crime". Other Ministers have varied between these positions.

The first Minister of Native Affairs to be ethnically Māori was James Carroll, appointed by the Liberal Party in the late 19th century. Another prominent Minister of Native Affairs was Āpirana Ngata, also of the Liberals. For the most part, however, early Ministers were Pākehā, although were frequently advised by Māori colleagues. Maui Pomare of the Reform Party and Eruera Tirikatene of the Labour Party were examples of politicians who played a major role in the portfolio without actually holding office. After Carroll and Ngata, it was not until Matiu Rata (1972–1975) that there was another ethnically Māori Minister of Māori Affairs.

Under the Maori Purposes Act 1947, the Ministerial title and all other government usage was changed from 'Native' to 'Maori'.

1972 to present

Matiu Rata, appointed as the Minister of Māori Affairs in 1972, the first Maori since Ngata was Minister of Native Affairs in 1928.

After the 2014 general election cabinet reshuffle, the title was changed from Minister of Māori Affairs to Minister for Māori Development. While Prime Minister John Key said that there was not really any difference in what the portfolio would involve, "it gives you a sense of where the minister will want to shape the portfolio". During the 2014–2017 term of the Fifth National Government, Te Ururoa Flavell served as the Minister for Māori Development.

Following the formation of the Sixth Labour Government, Nanaia Mahuta was appointed as Minister for Māori Development.

List of ministers

The table below lists ministers who have held responsibility for Māori issues. Initially, the title used was Minister of Native Affairs, but the title was changed to Minister of Maori Affairs on 17 December 1947 and then to Minister of Māori Affairs with the insertion of the macron in modern orthography under the Māori Language Commission. In 2014, the title was changed for a fourth time to Minister for Māori Development.

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No.		Name	Was Māori?	Term of office
As Minister of Native Affairs
	1	William Richmond	No	27 August 1858	10 November 1860	Stafford
	2	Frederick Weld	No	10 November 1860	12 July 1861	Stafford
	3	Walter Mantell	No	12 July 1861	18 December 1861	Fox
	4	Dillon Bell	No	6 August 1862	30 October 1863	Domett
	5	William Fox	No	18 December 1861	30 October 1863	Whitaker
	(3)	Walter Mantell	No	30 October 1863	27 July 1865	Weld
	6	James FitzGerald	No	27 July 1865	16 October 1865	Weld
	7	Andrew Russell	No	16 October 1865	24 August 1866	Stafford
	8	James Crowe Richmond	No	24 August 1866	28 June 1869	Stafford
	9	Donald McLean	No	28 June 1869	7 December 1876	Fox
						Waterhouse
						Fox
						Vogel
						Pollen
						Vogel
						Atkinson
	10	Daniel Pollen	No	18 December 1876	13 October 1877	Atkinson
	11	John Sheehan	No	15 October 1877	8 October 1879	Grey
	12	John Bryce	No	8 October 1879	21 January 1881	Hall
	13	William Rolleston	No	4 February 1881	19 October 1881
	(12)	John Bryce	No	19 October 1881	16 August 1884
						Whitaker
						Atkinson
	14	John Ballance	No	16 August 1884 3 September 1884	28 August 1884 8 October 1887	Stout
	15	Edwin Mitchelson	No	8 October 1887	24 January 1891	Atkinson
	(14)	John Ballance	No	24 January 1891	4 February 1891	Ballance
	16	Alfred Cadman	No	4 February 1891	29 June 1893	Ballance
	16	Alfred Cadman	No	4 February 1891	29 June 1893	Seddon
	17	Richard Seddon	No	29 June 1893	21 December 1899
	18	James Carroll	Yes	21 December 1899	28 March 1912
						Hall-Jones
						Ward
	19	William MacDonald	No	28 March 1912	10 July 1912	Mackenzie
	20	William Herries	No	10 July 1912	7 February 1921	Massey
	21	Gordon Coates	No	7 February 1921	10 December 1928	Massey
						Bell
						Coates
	22	Āpirana Ngata	Yes	10 December 1928	1 November 1934	Ward
	22	Āpirana Ngata	Yes	10 December 1928	1 November 1934	Forbes
	23	George Forbes	No	1 November 1934	6 December 1935	Forbes
	24	Michael Joseph Savage	No	6 December 1935	27 March 1940	Savage
	25	Frank Langstone	No	1 April 1940	21 December 1942	Fraser
	26	Rex Mason	No	7 July 1943	19 December 1946
	27	Peter Fraser	No	19 December 1946	17 December 1947
As Minister of Maori Affairs
	(27)	Peter Fraser	No	17 December 1947	13 December 1949	Fraser
	28	Ernest Corbett	No	13 December 1949	26 September 1957	Holland
	28	Ernest Corbett	No	13 December 1949	26 September 1957	Holyoake
	29	Keith Holyoake	No	26 September 1957	12 December 1957	Holyoake
	30	Walter Nash	No	12 December 1957	12 December 1960	Nash
	31	Ralph Hanan	No	12 December 1960	24 July 1969	Holyoake
	32	Duncan MacIntyre	No	22 December 1969	8 December 1972	Holyoake
	32	Duncan MacIntyre	No	22 December 1969	8 December 1972	Marshall
	33	Matiu Rata	Yes	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Kirk
	33	Matiu Rata	Yes	8 December 1972	12 December 1975	Rowling
	(32)	Duncan MacIntyre	No	12 December 1975	13 December 1978	Muldoon
	34	Ben Couch	Yes	13 December 1978	26 July 1984	Muldoon
	35	Koro Wētere	Yes	26 July 1984	2 November 1990	Lange
						Palmer
						Moore
	36	Winston Peters	Yes	2 November 1990	2 October 1991	Bolger
	37	Doug Kidd	No	2 October 1991	6 November 1993
	38	John Luxton	No	6 November 1993	12 October 1996
	39	Tau Henare	Yes	12 October 1996	10 December 1999
	39	Tau Henare	Yes	12 October 1996	10 December 1999	Shipley
	40	Dover Samuels	Yes	10 December 1999	28 June 2000	Clark
	41	Parekura Horomia	Yes	26 July 2000	19 November 2008	Clark
As Minister for Māori Affairs
	42	Pita Sharples	Yes	19 November 2008	8 October 2014	Key
As Minister for Māori Development
	43	Te Ururoa Flavell	Yes	8 October 2014	21 October 2017	Key
	43	Te Ururoa Flavell	Yes	8 October 2014	21 October 2017	English
	44	Nanaia Mahuta	Yes	26 October 2017	6 November 2020	Ardern
	45	Willie Jackson	Yes	6 November 2020	27 November 2023	Ardern
	45	Willie Jackson	Yes	6 November 2020	27 November 2023	Hipkins
	46	Tama Potaka	Yes	27 November 2023	present	Luxon

References

"Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
"Ministry of Māori Development". New Zealand Government. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
"Roles and functions". Te Puni Kōkiri. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Luxton, John (2008). The Ministry of Māori Development – Te Puni Kōkiri (2008 ed.). Wellington: New Zealand Business Roundtable. ISBN 9781877394270. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Butterworth and Young, "Appendix 1: Political Heads of the Departments of Maori Affairs," Maori Affairs, pp. 123–124.
Sinclair, Keith. "Richmond, Christopher William". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Macintyre, W. David. "Fitzgerald, James Edward". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Butterworth and Young, Maori Affairs, pp. 5–7.
Butterworth and Young, Maori Affairs, p. 58.
Butterworth and Young, Maori Affairs, pp. 74–78.
Butterworth, Graham. "Pomare, Maui Wiremu Piti Naera". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Ballara, Angela. "Tirikatene, Eruera Tihema Te Aika". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Butterworth and Young, Maori Affairs, pp. 107–110.
Butterworth and Young, Maori Affairs, pp. 123–124.
"Māori Ministers". New Zealand History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Bennett, Adam (6 October 2014). "Flavell given portfolio renamed to reflect 'new focus' on Maori future". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
"Hon Te Ururoa Flavell". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
"Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

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