Minister of Tourism
Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Matt Doocey since 27 November 2023
Tourism 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	6 August 1906
First holder	Sir Joseph Ward (as Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts)
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Tourism is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of Tourism New Zealand. The current Minister of Tourism is Matt Doocey.^[2]

Background

The office was created in 1906 as Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts. In 1935 the post was renamed Minister for Tourist and Publicity before finally becoming Minister of Tourism in 1963. In 1966 it became a full cabinet level portfolio.^[3] Historically the Minister of Tourism was the lowest ranking position in cabinet in the 1960s and 1970s, though its prominence has risen in more recent years, with Kelvin Davis being ranked 3rd in cabinet and the deputy leader of the governing Labour Party.

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Tourism.^[4]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
As Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts
	1	Joseph Ward		6 August 1906	6 January 1909		Ward
	2	Thomas Mackenzie		6 January 1909	10 July 1912
							Mackenzie
	3	Heaton Rhodes		10 July 1912	12 August 1915		Massey
	4	Robert McNab		12 August 1915	3 February 1917
	5	William MacDonald		17 February 1917	22 August 1919
	6	William Nosworthy		4 September 1919	10 December 1928
							Bell
							Coates
	(1)	Joseph Ward		10 December 1928	28 May 1930		Ward
	7	Philip De La Perrelle		28 May 1930	22 September 1931		Forbes
	8	Adam Hamilton		22 September 1931	6 December 1935
As Minister for Tourist and Publicity
	9	Frank Langstone		6 December 1935	18 October 1943		Savage
							Fraser
	10	Bill Parry		18 October 1943	13 December 1949
	11	Frederick Doidge		13 December 1949	13 September 1951		Holland
	12	William Bodkin		13 September 1951	26 November 1954
	13	Eric Halstead		26 November 1954	23 March 1956
	14	Dean Eyre		23 March 1956	12 December 1957
							Holyoake
	15	John Mathison		12 December 1957	12 December 1960		Nash
As Minister of Tourism
	16	Tom Shand		12 December 1960	15 May 1961		Holyoake
	(14)	Dean Eyre		15 May 1961	12 December 1966
	17	Robert Muldoon		15 February 1967	4 March 1967
	18	David Thomson		4 March 1967	12 December 1969
	19	Bert Walker		12 December 1969	8 December 1972
							Marshall
	20	Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan		8 December 1972	12 December 1975		Kirk
							Rowling
	21	Harry Lapwood		12 December 1975	13 December 1978		Muldoon
	22	Warren Cooper		13 December 1978	12 February 1981
	23	Derek Quigley		12 February 1981	11 December 1981
	24	Rob Talbot		11 December 1981	26 July 1984
	25	Mike Moore		26 July 1984	24 August 1987		Lange
	26	Phil Goff		24 August 1987	10 January 1988
	27	Jonathan Hunt		10 January 1988	8 August 1989
	28	Fran Wilde		8 August 1989	2 November 1990		Palmer
							Moore
	29	John Banks		2 November 1990	1 November 1996		Bolger
	30	Murray McCully		1 November 1996	27 April 1999
							Shipley
	31	Lockwood Smith		27 April 1999	10 December 1999
	32	Mark Burton		10 December 1999	19 October 2005		Clark
	33	Damien O'Connor		19 October 2005	19 November 2008
	34	John Key		19 November 2008	12 December 2016		Key
	35	Paula Bennett		12 December 2016	26 October 2017		English
	36	Kelvin Davis		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	37	Stuart Nash		6 November 2020	1 February 2023
							Hipkins
	38	Peeni Henare		1 February 2023	27 November 2023
As Minister of Tourism and Hospitality
	39	Matt Doocey		27 November 2023	present		Luxon